THE LITUEGT, 

OR 

FORMS OF DIVINE SERVICE, 

OF 



C HARLE STON, S. C. 

TRANSLATED FROM THE LITURGY OF THE CHURCHES 
OF NEUFCHATEL AND VALLANGIN : 
Editions of 1737 and 1772. 

WITH SOME ADDITIONAL PRAYERS, 

CAREFULLY SELECTED. 

THE WHOLE ADAPTED TO PUBLIC WORSHIP IN THE 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 

SECOND EDITION : 
REVISED AND ENLARGED. 



CHARLESTON: 

STEAM POWER TRESS OF WALKER AND JAMES. 

1853. 



Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853, by 

"THE FRENCH PROTESTANT CHURCH OF CHARLESTON," 

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the District 
of South-Carolina, 



Exchange 
Lib. of the Univ. of N. C. 
May 25,1937 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Preface to the First Edition, published in 1713, - vii 

Table of Lessons for Special occasions, - - xix 

General Directions, - - - - - xxiii 

PART FIRST. 

Morning service for the Lord's Day, 1 

Afternoon service for the Lord's Day, - - 15 

PART SECOND. 

Services for Week Days :— 

For morning, with a sermon, - - =25 

For morning or afternoon, with or without a sermon, 32 

For afternoon, with or without a sermon, - 40 

For days of public humiliation, 47 

For days of thanksgiving, 58 

PART THIRD. 

Section 1. — Prayers for stated occasions, to be used as 
part of the morning service: — 

For the day of the Nativity, 69 
For the two Sundays during the Holy Days of the Nativity, 71 

For the first day of the year, - - - 73 

For Palm Sunday, - 74 

For the day of the Crucifixion, 75 



IV TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

Page. 

For the day of the Resurrection, - - 77 

For the day of the Ascension, 79 

For the day of Pentecost, 80 

For the Preparatory service before Communion day, - 82 

A prayer after Communion, 84 

Section 2. — Collects for stated occasions, which may be 
substituted for the corresponding prayers in Section 1, or 
may be used in the afternoon service : — - 

For the Nativity, - - - - 86 

For the day of the Nativity, - - 87 

For the last day of the year, and for New Year's day, 87 

For the day of the Crucifixion, 88 

For the day of the Resurrection, 89 

For the day of the Ascension, ... 89 

For the day of Pentecost, 90 

A prayer before Communion, 90 

A prayer after Communion, - - - - 91 

Section 3. — Occasional prayers and thanksgivings, to be 
used either in the morning or afternoon services : — 

Prayers. 

For a person or persons to be ordained, - - 92 

For Pastors, - - - . - - 93 

For Missionaries, 94 

For rain, ------ 94 

For rain, ------ 95 

For fair weather, ----- 96 

In times of dearth and famine, - - - 96 

In time of war, & - - - - 97 

In time of great sickness and mortality, 98 

For a person expecting, or under, sentence of death, - 98 

For a sick person, ----- 99 

For a sick child, - - - - 100 

For a person under affliction, - - - 101 

For a person or persons at sea, or going to sea, - 101 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 


V 


Thanksgivings. 


Page. 


For rain, 


102 


For fair weather, - 


102 


For abundance, - ' - - - - 


103 


For peace, ------ 


103 


For deliverance from great sickness and mortality, 


104 


For recovery from sickness, - 


105 


For recovery of a sick child, - 


105 


For a safe return from sea, * . - . ~ ~ 


JUU 


For deliverance in time of anxiety and danger, 


107 


SppTTnTV A- — nonrdnrlin cr rjffivAr 1 :! * 




For purity of heart and life, 


108 


For Divine compassion and blessing, - 


108 


For grace, mercy and direction, 


109 


F or profitable meditation on the works of creation and 


re- 


demption, ------ 


109 


For grace and life, - 


110 


For Christian love, - 


110 


For a blessing on the services of the day, 


111 


Another, ------ 


112 


Another, - - - 


112 


Another, - 


113 


Another, - - - - - 


113 


For the afternoon, - 


114 


Another, 


114 


Section 5. — Family prayers:— 




Morning prayer, 


115 


Evening prayer, - 


117 


PART FOURTH. 




Section 1. 'The liturgy of baptism and confirmation 




Of baptism for children, - - - - 


119 


Of confirmation, ----- 


124 



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Page. 

Section 2. — The liturgy of baptism for adults, - 128 

Section 3. — The liturgy of the Holy Supper, - 134 

Section 4. — Service for occasions of catechetical in- 
struction, - 146 

Section 5. — The liturgy of marriage, - - 150 

Section 6. — Service for the burial of the dead, - 155 

PART FIFTH. 

Canticles for the Ordinary service : — 

Twenty-two canticles, - - - from 164-185 

Canticles for Holy days, and for Particular occasions : — 

For the eve of the Nativity, - - - 186 

For the day of the Nativity, - - - 187 

For the day of the Nativity, - - - 188 

For the day after the Nativity, - - - 189 

For the day of the Crucifixion,. ... 190 

For the day of the Crucifixion, "- - - - 191 

For the day of the Resurrection, - 192 

For the day of the Resurrection, - - - 193 

For the day of the Resurrection, - - - 195 

For the day of the Resurrection, - - - 196 

For the day of the Ascension, - - - 197 

For the eve of the Ascension, and the day after, - 198 

For Pentecost, - 200 

For Pentecost, - - - - 201 

For Pentecost, - - - 202 

For the Holy Days of September, - - - 203 

For the Holy Days of September, - - - 205 

For the Communion, ----- 206 

For the Communion, ----- 207 

For the Communion, ----- 209 



Confession of Faith, 



211 



PREFACE 

TO THE FIRST EDITION, 

PUBLISHED IN 1713. 



The Churches in the Principality of Neufchatel and Vallangin 
began some years since to establish the Liturgy, which is now- 
presented to the public. In order that it might appear in a better 
state, it # was deemed advisable that some time should elapse 
before its publication. The resolution has at length been taken 
to print it, in conformity with the wish of many, who have de- 
sired that it should be made public. 

It is not necessary here to enlarge on the utility and antiquity 
of Liturgies, or to explain how important it is that the mode of 
celebrating divine service should be well regulated. None can 
doubt that St. Paul's maxim, " Let all things be done decently 
and in order,"* is applicable to the worship of God in the reli- 
gious assemblies of Christians. This worship is of the greatest 
consequence in religion, because it consists chiefly in serving 
God, in adoring him, in giving him thanks, and in calling upon 
him. Hence it is indispensable that divine service should be so 
performed as to be most worthy of that infinite Being, and best 
adapted to raise men to him, and to fill them with reverence and 
love for his Supreme Majesty. 

The attainment, however, of this end is difficult, unless there 
be an established form of public worship. When the ordjer of 
divine service is settled, it is celebrated as well by the Minister 
as by the People, in a manner more edifying, grave and decorous, 

* 1 Epis. Cor., ch. xiv., v. 40. 



Till 



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than when it is entrusted to the discretion of the Clergy. The 
preservation of uniformity in worship is another valuable conse- 
quence of Liturgies. And if they conform to the spirit of the 
Gospel, they exert also a salutary influence, in excluding from 
the Church practices and opinions inconsistent with the purity of 
religion. 

These, and some other considerations, have satisfied the Pas- 
tors of the Churches of Keufchatel and of Vallangin, that they 
should contribute to the edification of their fiocks, by settling 
the forms and order of their Liturgy, and by imitating, in this 
particular, the example of most Protestant Churches, and espe- 
cially of the Churches of Switzeilaud, whose Liturgies are all 
printed. 

That which is here given to the public contains, first, the form 
of divine service for Sundays and for week days, when a sermon 
is preached ; afterwards the prayers for divers occasions, whether 
before or after the sermon ; in the third place, the manner of 
celebrating divine service, morning and afternoon, when there is 
no preaching ; in the last place, the formularies for the celebra- 
tion of the sacraments, for the solemnization of matrimony, for the 
admission of catechumens, and for the reconciliation of penitents.* 

To set forth here all the reflections which might be made on 
the different parts of this Liturgy is unnecessary.. It has been 
judged advisable, however, to say something on the objects pro- 
posed, and on the method which has been followed in its compo- 
sition. 

This Liturgy has been formed, as far as practicable, from the 
Scriptures, and from ancient and modern Liturgies. The Scrip- 
tures, especially, have been consulted — for as they are the sole 
rule of our faith, so are they the only perfect guide to the true 
mode of serving God. This course has been chiefly pursued in 
the Canticles for the ordinary Morning and Afternoon Service. 

* When this Liturgy was first published, certain scandalous sinners, who had 
been excluded from the Church, were received again into its peace : but this 
practice hath been abolished, for reasons which it is useless to mention, and the 
formulary only serves for individuals/at the meeting of the Consistory, where it 
has been preserved. 



PREFACE. 



They have been drawn, almost word for word, from the sacred 
volume, and especial care hath been taken that they should em- 
brace those excellent passages of the New Testament which 
relate to Jesus Christ and our redemption. This has been thought 
the more necessary, because hitherto our Churches have not had, 
like other Protestant Churches, any Christian Canticles, and we 
have therefore sung only those of the book of Psalms.* It is, 
moreover, undeniable, that if the Jews praised God for the fa- 
vours which he had granted to their nation, and if they showed 
forth his benefits in their songs, Christians are under still higher 
obligations to bless God, through Jesus Christ ; to celebrate the 
holy name of their Redeemer, to sing his praises, and to speak 
in their hymns of all that he hath done for them, of his coming 
into the world, of his sufferings, of his resurrection, of his as- 
cension, of his last and glorious advent, and of the salvation 
which he hath purchased for them.t The Apostles do expressly 
command Christians to praise God our Father, through Jesus 
Christ his Son, and their writings abound with praises and thanks- 
givings, ^vhich ought to be without ceasing in the mouths and 
hearts of the faithful. Authors who wrote in the second centu- 
ry, and on whom we may rely,t inform us that the first Chris- 
tians in their assemblies sang hymns to Jesus Christ as to a God, 
and that, in the celebration of the Eucharist, God, the father of 
all things, was praised and glorified, through the Son and Holy 
Spirit. Much more might be said upon this subject, but the 
reader is referred to ihe preface, which is at the head of the 
Christian Canticles, lately introduced by the Church of Geneva 
into their worship. In the Canticles of this Liturgy are collected 
the principal passages of the New Testament, which can be 
embodied in the worship of Christians; and they have been in- 

* Since the first edition of this work, several Canticles, written by different 
authors, have become a part of public worship, and are sung on the principal 
solemnities, instead of the Psalms of David, which are reserved for ordinary 
occasions. 

t Ep. Eph. i., 3 and v. 19 ; Coloss. iii., 16 ; I. Pet. i., 3 ; Apoc. i., 6, etc. 
t Pliny the younger, in his letter to the Emperor Trajan (Epistle 97). Justin 
Martyr in his first Apology. 



X PREFACE. 

terspersed among those of the Old. These passages being 
very numerous, several Canticles have been composed, as well 
for the ordinary service as for particular occasions. 

After the Scriptures, the best Liturgies, both ancient and mod- 
ern, have been consulted. Several formularies, previously adop- 
ted in the Churches of this country, have been retained, and 
in many respects a conformity has been observed to the order 
already established therein ; and from other Liturgies, especially 
the ancient, whatever appeared the most edifying has been se- 
lected. In matters of worship, the practice of the past ages of 
the Church is entitled to great consideration : and it must be 
confessed that in the prayers of the Primitive Christians, their 
spirituality and simplicity are very remarkable. Besides, who 
can doubt that whatever was done in those days, and had been 
established by the successors of the Apostles, did conform to the 
spirit of the Gospel, and ought to command the respect of all 
Christians. The customs of the Churches did indeed afterwards 
vary exceedingly. Primitive simplicity was departed from, and 
Liturgies were burthened with many things, not merely useless, 
but even contrary to the purity of evangelical worship. This 
remark is applicable to such as have descended to us. It is, 
however, certain that the foundation and the essence of the an- 
cient worship have been preserved in almost all Liturgies. If, 
therefore, whatever is peculiar to each Liturgy, and whatever 
was added from time to time, as ignorance, error and superstition 
prevailed in the Church, be laid aside, and only so much be re- 
tained, as ancient general usage sanctioned and all Liturgies agree 
in, we shall undoubtedly have the genuine form of primitive 
Christian worship. Such a proceeding would be also one of 
the best methods for the attainment of that uniformity, which is 
so desirable for the peace and edification of the Church. 

We have aimed in this Liturgy at the utmost simplicity and 
perspicuity. So far from seeking, we have avoided the orna- 
ments of language, affected emphasis in terms, preambles, pe- 
riods over long, reasonings too extended, and figurative expres- 
sions, such excepted as being taken from the Scriptures, are clear 



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to the readers of the sacred writings. We have endeavored to 
express, in the most simple and natural manner, the sentiments 
and emotions with which we ought to be filled in the presence of 
God. The language of devotion is the language of the heart ; 
it is artless and affecting. The reverence due to the Divine 
Majesty, and the edification of the people, require this simplici- 
ty ; and the Holy Scriptures teach us thus to pray. The pray- 
ers and the praises found in the Sacred Books, especially in the 
Psalms, are only the emotions of the heart, which for the most 
part have little connection. In the Lord's Prayer, that great 
model of Christian supplication, we also find extreme simplicity, 
with singular brevity. : 

This brevity also has been the subject of very particular at- 
tention. When Liturgies are too long, and the service is un- 
reasonably extended, public worship is less frequented, and its 
very length may diminish attention and devotion. We have 
anxiously endeavored to avoid this, especially in the service for 
the week-days. It is certain that religious exercises ought not 
to last long on such days ; because they are days of business. 
Hence the ordinary service for these days has been so regulated 
as not to extend beyond twenty minutes, and at the utmost, 
though rarely, not beyond half an hour. 

We have also judged it right to vary the formularies of prayer 
and praise ; and to compose some for particular occasions. 
This diversity serves to awaken attention, which is more easily 
relaxed, when the same things are continually heard. It is 
moreover peculiarly proper to direct and animate the devotion 
of the people on the most solemn occasions ; nothing being 
more reasonable than that our prayers should be adapted to the 
seasons and circumstances, in which we are actually placed. 

In the last place, this Liturgy is not so fixed, nor are we so 
restricted in it, that some changes may not be made either by re- 
trenching. or adding, as circumstances may require ; as when we 
are called to return thanks to God for some particular benefit, 
or to avert his wrath in seasons of calamity. 

After these general reflections, it is deemed expedient to add 



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some respecting the third part of this Liturgy, which comprises 
the ordinary service for Morning and the Afternoon. 

It has been our object to embrace in this service all the acts of 
divine worship. These are to confess our sins, to adore God, 
to praise him, to render him thanks, to consecrate ourselves to 
him, to call upon him, and to read his word. All these acts, to 
wit, confession, adoration, praise, self-dtdication, and invocation, 
have not been comprehended in a single prayer ; but are set 
forth separately and distinctly, that all, even the most simple, 
may understand what they are doing, whilst engaged in public 
worship ; that they may comprehend in what this worship con- 
sists, and that they may be able to distinguish its several parts. 
For the same reason, there is an interval between each prayer, 
and the word Amen closes each. These intervals serve to di- 
rect and fix the devotion of the people. Each person may, du- 
ring those moments, recollect himself, and lift up his heart to 
God, either to thank him for some favour, or to ask some partic- 
ular grace. They serve also to recall the absent, and to awaken 
attention, which would easily wander during a long prayer, in 
which all the acts of religious worship should be expressed in 
uninterrupted succession. But they would be more profitable, if 
the people would answer Amen, at the end of each part of the 
service ; a practice observed in the days of the Apostles, and of 
which we have incontestable proofs in the 14th chapter of 1st 
Epistle to the Corinthians, wherein St. Paul, speaking of praying 
in an unknown tongue, says, "when thou shalt bless with the 
spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned 
say Amen, at thy giving of thanks]" This custom of replying 
Amen is very ancient. God had commanded the people of Is- 
rael to answer Amen to the maledictions, which were to be pro- 
nounced at the top of Mount Ebal.* It appears from the 16th 
chapter of Chron. B. lst,t and from the end of the 106th 
Psalm, that the people replied Amen, in the intervals of prayer 
and praise : for we there read these words, " Blessed be the 



* Deut. ch. xxvii. v. 15-26. f 1 Chron. ch. xvi. v. 36— Ps. cvi. v. 48. 



PREFACE. Xiii 

Lord God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting, and let all 
the people say Amen." The same thing is seen in the 8th chap- 
ter of Nehemiah,v. 6. " And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great 
God, and all the people answered Amen, Amen, lifting up their 
hands." This was wisely ordered : this Amen signified, that all 
the congregation assented to what was said in the prayers and 
canticles. In truth, the people ought not to attend on divine ser- 
vice merely as auditors and spectators, nor ought they merely to 
follow in thought that which is uttered by the ministers of the 
church ; but they also ought to speak on their part, and at least 
to answer Amen to all that is spoken in the name of the assem- 
bly. It is admitted that the ancient mode of celebrating service 
was by parts or intervals, and by antiphones, that is to say, re- 
sponses. We find this by the words of the 147th Psalm : " Sing 
to the Lord, answering one to the other." In this manner were 
recited several Psalms of praise, as the 118th, 134th, and the 
136th. The primitive Christians retained this practice in their 
worship, and especially in that excellent and admirable Liturgy, 
which they employed for the communion service. The minis- 
ters* and the deacons said to the people, " Lift up your hearts on 
high," the people answered, " Our hearts are lifted up unto the 
Lord." The ministers added, * Let us return thanks to the Lord 
our God," the people replied, " It is just and reasonable that 
we should return him thanks." And all the communicants an- 
swered Ament to the prayers and thanksgivings of the ministers. 
Moreover, the above expressions which are in the ancient Litur- 
gies of the Holy Supper, and of which they form a chief part, 
are so beautiful and edifying, and correspond so well to that sa- 
cred ceremony, that we have believed it right to adopt them into 
the Liturgy prepared for the Churches of this country. The 
other parts of this Liturgy have been taken from those which 
are used in different Protestant Churches. 

But one of the principal objects contemplated in the form of 
worship for the ordinary Morning and Evening service, was to 

* St. Cyril of Jerusalem, in his 5th Mystological Catechism, 
t Justice Martyr in his 1st Apgy. 



Xiv PREFACE. 

re-establish the reading of the Scriptures, as a part of public 
worship. To set forth all the forcible and urgent reasons, 
which show that we are under an absolute necessity to have 
the Bible read in the assemblies of the Church, would be super- 
fluous. This has always formed an essential part of divine 
service,* both among Jews and Christians. The Jews read the 
sacred books, at their solemn feasts, and in their synagogues. 
They had even divided the books of Moses into as many sec- 
tions as there are Saturdays in the year, in order that these 
books might be read entirely through, once in every year, on the 
Sabbath days.t When the reading was finished, a doctor, or 
some other person designated, delivered a discourse on what had 
been read. We see in the eighth chapter of Nehemiah, that this 
was practised after the return from the captivity. The Levites, 
says the sacred author, read in the Book of the Law of God dis- 
tinctly, and gave the sense and caused them to understand the 
reading. St. Luke relates,! that our Lord having entered the 
Synagogue of Nazareth, on the Sabbath day, read the sixty- 
first chapter of Isaiah, and then spoke to the persons present, 
showing that the words which he had just read were fulfilled in 
his own person. 

We again read in the thirteenth chapter of the book of Acts,§ 
that St. Paul and St. Barnabas went into the Synagogue of An- 
tioch on the Sabbath day, and after the reading of the Law and 
the Prophets, the Rulers of the Synagogue sent to them, saying, 
" Men and Brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the 
people, say on." The Christian Church conformed to this prac- 
tice, and regulated its discipline and worship in this as in various 
other particulars, by the usages in the assemblies of the Jews. 
The first Christians read the Scriptures in their assemblies ■ and 
so regularly was this done, that in those times one would have 
thought divine service had not been performed, if the Scriptures 
had not been read. When the chapter was finished, the 

* Deut. ch. xxxi. v. 9, 10, 11. — Nehem. ch. viii. v. 9. 

f See the Acts of the Apostles, chap. xiii. 27. 

t St. Luke, chap. iv. § Acts, chap. xiii. 14, 15. 



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head of the assembly gave a brief explanation of it, and exhorted 
those present, according to the circumstances and wants of the 
Church. A very ancient author, and one worthy of credit,* 
who wrote in the second century, thus relates the usage in his 
time in Christian assemblies. On the Lord's day we assembled 
together, and the writings of the Apostles and Prophets were 
read as long as the time would permit. When the reading was fin- 
ished, he who presided delivered a discourse to instruct the peo- 
ple, and exhort them to the observance of the excellent things 
which they had heard. This being done, we all rose up and 
presented our prayers to God. Tertullian who lived a little af- 
ter the martyr Justin sayst that the first Christians assembled to 
read the sacred books and to exhort the people. However, these 
exhortations were not always made, and even at that time all 
the ministers of the church did not preach ; but they never failed 
to read some portion of the Scriptures, and when the reading 
and the exhortation were over, they resumed the worship, and 
concluded the service with prayer. 

Such was formerly the mode of worship, and such the origin 
of sermons. The sermons were at first only an interruption of 
worship and an addition to the reading, and were not regarded, 
as by many at the present day, the most important part of public 
service, and the principal object for which the people assembled. 
The preaching is, without doubt, very useful, provided it be done 
with clearness and simplicity; but it is quite necessary that the 
Scriptures should be read in the church, and in such a manner, 
that the people may understand that this reading is an essential 
part of worship. 

Nor does it suffice that they be read in the churches before 
the assembly is formed, or the worship commences. Such read- 
ing does not constitute a part of divine service. It is distin- 
guished from it by the time, by the persons who read, and by 
other circumstances, so that the people pay little attention and 
respect to it, and the greater part of them are not present, which 

* The martyr Justin, in his First Defence. t In his Apology, 24, 39. 



XVI PREFACE. 

circumstance proves that they regard the reading of the Holy 
Scriptures as less important than the preaching. It is for these 
reasons that the leaders of the churches thought themselves in- 
dispensably obliged to re-establish the reading of the word of 
God in their worship. And as circumstances for a long time 
had not permitted them to introduce this reading in all the ser- 
vices, and particularly in that of Sunday, they have doue it at 
least in the ordinary morning and evening services. This read- 
ing is performed in the following manner: 

The Old and New Testaments are read alternately ; and the 
lessons have been so arranged, that the historical books of the 
Old Testament, from Genesis to Esther, are read in the same 
time with all the books of the New Testament. After which 
the New Testament is recommenced with the book of Job, and 
finished with Malachi. 

Thus we read the New Testament twice whilst we read the 
Old but once. Some chapters and passages are omitted, as the 
first book of Chronicles, the first chapter of Numbers, and some 
others. We do not read consecutively, the books of Kings and 
those of Chronicles, because they contain the same histories, but 
those chapters are selected in which the history is related with 
the greatest clearness ; and for this purpose a kind of harmony 
has been prepared. When the chapters are veiy long, or when 
they contain a great deal of matter, they are divided so as not 
to overcharge the memories of the hearers, nor extend the ser- 
vice to an inconvenient length. During the festivals, and also at 
seasons for celebrating the Holy Supper, and in some other cir- 
cumstances, the portions of Scripture most appropriate to the 
occasion are read, forming two lessons, formerly called the Epis- 
tle and Gospel ; and in this they conformed as nearly as possi- 
ble to the ancient usage of the church, which long since made a 
wise and judicious selection of the passages of Scripture proper 
to be read at the principal solemnities of Christians. At the 
end of this preface will be found the table of lessons for spe- 
cial occasions. In order that the lessons might have more effect, 
the chapter is preceded by an argument or summary of its con- 



PREFACE. XVii 

tents, of its parts and its object, with the mode of clearing up 
the general difficulties if there be any. After the chapter some 
reflections are added in the form of exhortations, in order that 
the people may depart the more deeply impressed with the things 
which they have heard. - These reflections extend ordinarily to 
five or six sentences only. These arguments and reflections 
have been prepared and are read. It has been found expedient 
to pursue this course, because if left to the discretion of the 
ministers, many might lose sight of the brevity, simplicity and 
precision which are requisite in reflections of this kind. Final- 
ly, there being in this Liturgy some passages of which persons 
unacquainted with the customs of our church will not under- 
stand the reason, it is proper to say something in explanation 
of them, especially as many persons abroad have requested in 
formation on the subject. The following then, are the ob- 
servances in our churches, particularly in the town of Neuchatel, 
where the public exercises of religion are more frequent than in 
the country : 

There is a sermon every Sunday morning, and at mid-day the 
Catechism ; at Neufchatel there is a sermon again in the evening. 
In the week they preach on Wednesday and Friday morning. 
On the other days they perform in the forenoon the ordinary 
morning service, and every day at three o'clock, the afternoon 
service. These services are performed by the ministers of the 
church. The people are seated during the reading of the Holy 
Scriptures, and during the rest of the service they stand up. On 
Saturday morning, after the close of the service, the pastors, 
each in his turn, catechise the children of the age of ten years 
and upwards, until they have communed. They celebrate the 
Holy Supper of the Lord at four periods in the year, and at 
each of these, three times, in order that they who may not have 
been able to partake of the Holy Sacrament at the first cele- 
bration, may partake on the following day ; and that persons de- 
siring to commune more than once should have the opportunity 
to do so. The Holy Supper is celebrated 1st at Easter, to wit: 
on Palm Sunday, Good Friday and Easter day. 2ndly, at Pen- 



XViii PREFACE. 

tecost : on Pentecost Sunday, the following Friday, and Trinity 
Sunday. 3dly, about the beginning of the month of Septem- 
ber, to wit : on the last Sunday of August, the Friday following, 
and the first Sunday of September. 4thly, at Christmas, to 
wit: on the two last Sundays of the year, and on Christmas 
day, and if Christmas fall on Sunday, on the preceding Friday. 
The reason is thus seen why our Liturgy contains prayers for 
two communion Sundays at each of these four festivals ; why 
there are prayers to be introduced into the service during two 
weeks at these seasons, and why in the table of proper lessons, 
lessons are appointed for the first and second week. The first 
week is that which precedes the first Sunday for the communion 
at the Holy Supper, and the second is that which follows it. 
During these two weeks, general catechetical instruction is given 
on every Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday after twelve o'clock, 
and on these catechisms the catechumens who present them- 
selves to be received for the confirmation of the baptismal vow, 
and for the participation of the Eucharist, are publicly examined. 
On the Saturday evenings before the celebration of the Lord's 
Supper, there is a sermon of preparation, with prayers. The 
same course is observed on the eve of public fast days. 

Such are the principal matters which it seemed proper to no- 
tice in explanation of this Liturgy. God grant that it may con- 
tribute to the advancement of his glory, and of true piety ; and 
that all who use it, may apply it to its true purpose, the worship 
of God, in spirit and in truth. — Amea t . 



A TABLE OF LESSONS 

FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS. 



FOR THE NATIVITY. 



FIRST WEEK. 

Monday Morning, 
Monday Evening, 
Tuesday Evening, 
Wednesday Evening, 
Thursday Morning, 
Thursday Evening, 
Friday Evening, 
Saturday Morning, 

SECOND WEEK. 



FIRST LESSON. 
Isaiah XL. 1-11. 
Isaiah XL. 1-10, & XII. 
Isaiah XLIX. 1-23. 
Malachi III. 
Malachi IV. 
Isaiah XLII. 1-12. 
Isaiah LII. 
Hebrews II. 

FIRST LESSON. 



SECOND LESSON. 
St. Luke I. 1-25. 
St. Luke I. 26-56. 
St. Luke I. 57-80. 
St. Matthew XI. 
St. Matthew III. 
St. Luke III. 1-18. 
St. John I. 1-18. 
St. John I. 19-51. 

SECOND LESSON. 
St. Matthew I. 
St. Luke II. 1-20. 
St. Luke II. 11-39. 



The Eve of the Nativity, Isaiah LXII. 
The Day of the Nativity, Hebrews I. 
The Day after Nativity, Isaiah IX. 1-6. 



On the other days the following Lessons are read ; and they are arranged ac- 
cording to the day upon which the Nativity falls. The Prophecies of the Old 
Testament are read, which point out the principal circumstances of the advent 
of Jesus Christ : 

Genesis iii. 15 s and xlix. 10; Micah v. 2; Isaiah vii. 14, and ix. 5; Daniel ix. 
24-27 ; Haggai ii. 9 ; and Malachi iv. 1,5,6. 

These are all read at one time ; and the following from the New Testament 
are added : — 

1st Epistle of St. Peter I. 10-13 ; Acts xiii. 16-41 ; 1st Epistle of St. John I : 
Epistle to Titus ii. 11-15, and iii. 3-7 ; St. Matthew ii.; St. Luke ii. 40-52; 1st 
Corinthians xi. 20-32. 

FOR THE EVENING OF THE LAST DAY 
OF THE YEAR. 
FIRST LESSON- SECOND LESSON. 

Psalm xxxix. 9-14. St. Matthew xxiv. 42-51. 



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TABLE OF LESSONS. 



FOR THE EVENING OF THE FIRST DAY 
OF THE YEAR. 



FIRST LESSON. 
1st Thess. v. 1-11. 



SECOND LESSON. 
St. Matthew xxv. 1-30. 



FOR THE PASSOVER. 



FIRST WEEK. 

Monday Morning, 

Monday Evening, 
Tuesday Evening, 
Wednesday Evening, 
Thursday Morning, 
Thursday Evening, 
Friday Evening, 
Saturday Morning, 

HOLY WEEK. 

Monday Morning, 
Monday Evening, 
Tuesday Evening, 

Wednesday Evening, 
Thursday Morning, 
Thursday Evening, 
Good Friday, 
Saturday Morning, 



FIRST LESSON. 
Exodus XII. 1-28. 

Exodus XII. 29-51. 
Exodus XIII. 1-16. 
Isaiah LIII. 
Isaiah LIV. 
Isaiah LV. 
Genesis XXII. 1-19. 
1st Peter III. 18-22. 

FIRST LESSON. 
Philip II. 5-13. 
Isaiah L. 5-10. 
Isaiah LXII. 11, 12; & 

LXIII. 1-9. 
Daniel IX. 20-27. 
Hebrews IX. 
1st Cor. XI. 20-32. 
Hebrews X. 1-25. 
Romans VI. 1-14. 



SECOND LESSON. 
St. John XI. 47-57; XII. 
1-11. 

St. John XII. 12-50. 
St. John XIII. 
St. John XIV. 
St. John XV. 
St. John XVI. 
St. John XVII. 
St. Matt. XXI. 1-17. 

SECOND LESSON. 

During this week the se- 
cond Lesson is taken from 
the four Evangelists, put 
in harmony. This history 
is divided into eight read- 
ings, so that the particulars 
of the crucifixion, and the 
Death of our Lord, are 
read on Good Friday, and 
the history of his Burial on 
Saturday. 



Monday Morning. 
Monday Evening, 
Tuesday Evening, 



FOR EASTER. 



FIRST LESSON. 
Colossians III. 1-17. 
1st Cor. XV. 1-34. 
1st Cor. XV. 35-58. 



SECOND LESSON. 

The history of the Re- 
surrection, taken from the 
four Evangelists, and put 
in harmony. 



FOR THE ASCENSION. 

FIRST LESSON. SECOND LESSON. 
The Eve of the Ascension, 2nd Kings II. 1-14. 



The Day of the Ascension, Ephesians IV. 7-16. 



The Day after Ascension, Hebrews X. 11-31. 



St. John XIV. 1-19. 

The history of the As- 
cension, from the Evange- 
list, and from the Acts. 
St. John XVI. 16-33. 





TABLE OF LESSONS. Xxi 


FOR PENTECOST. 


FIRST WEEK. 


FIRST LESSON. 


SECOND LESSON. 


Wednesday Evening, 


Ezekiel XXXVI. 22-28. 


St. John III. 1-21. 


Thursday Morning, 


Hebrews VIII. 


St. John V. 19-36. 


Thursday Evening, 


Isaiah LXI. 


St. Luke I. 16-30. 


Friday Evening, 


Isaiah LV. 


St. John VII. 37-43. 


Saturday Morning, 


Joel II. 28-32. 


St. John XIV. 1-17. 


SECOND WEEK. 


FIRST LESSON. 


SECOND LESSON. 


Monday Morning, 


Acts II. 


St. John XIV. 18-31. 


Monday Evening, 


Acts X. 


St. John XV. 


Tuesday Evening, 


Acts XL 1-18. 


St. John XVI. 1-15. 


Wednesday Evening, 


1st Cor. XII. 


St. John XVI. 16-33. 


Thursday Morning, 


1st Cor. XIII. 


St. John XVII. 


Thursday Evening, 


1st Cor. XI. 20-32. 


St. John XVIII. 


Friday Evening, 


Romans VIII. 


St. John XIX. 


Saturday Morning. 


Gal. V. 16-26. 


St. Matthew XII. 22-45. 


FOR THE 


FIRST MONDAY AFTER 


TRINITY SUNDAY. 




FIRST LESSON. 


SECOND LESSON. 


Morning, 


Hebrews II. 


St. Matthew XXV. 14-30. 


Evening, 


Eph. IV. 1-16. 


St. Matthew XIII. 24-52. 


FOR THE HOLY DAYS OF 


SEPTEMBER. 


FIRST WEEK. 


FIRST LESSON. 


SECOND LESSON. 


Friday Evening, 


Isaiah LV. 


St. John VI. 26-40. 


Saturday Morning, 


Prov. IX. 1-11. 


St. John VI. 41-63. 


SECOND WEEK. 


FIRST LESSON. 


SECOND LESSON. 


Monday Morning, 


Romans V. 


St. Matthew V. 1-20. 


Monday Evening, 


Colossians I. 


St. Matthew V. 21-48. 


Tuesday Evening, 


1st Peter I. 


St. Matthew VI. 


Wednesday Evening, 


1st Peter II. 


St. Matthew VII. 


Thursday Morning, 


1st Cor. V. 1-22. 


St. Luke XIV. 15-24. 


Thursday Evening, 


1st Cor. XL 20-32. 


St. Matthew XXV. 1-13. 


Friday Evening, 


1st John III. 


St. John XIX. 


Saturday Morning, 


Gal. V. 13-26. 


St. Matthew XXII. 1-14. 


FOR THE WEEK OF PUBLIC FASTING. 




FIRST LESSON. 


SECOND LESSON. 


Monday Morning, 


Isaiah I. 


St. Matthew III. 1-12. 


Monday Evening, 


Jeremiah VII- 


St. Matthew XXI, 28-44. 


Tuesday Evening, 


Zacariah VII. 


St. Luke XV. 


Morning before Fast, 


Isaiah LVIII. 


St. Matthew VI. 1-18. 


Evening after Fast, 


Heb. 111. 7-19: IV. 1-11. St. Luke XIII. 1-9. 



GENERAL DIRECTIONS. 



Any of the Services of this book may begin with a Canticle, 
Psalm or Hymn, during which the minister and people stand. 

In any other part of the services they stand during a Canti- 
cle, and sit during a Psalm or Hymn. 

The Canticles may be read or chanted. 

Part of a Canticle, Psalm or Hymn, may be used instead of 
the whole. 

At the end of the several Prayers the people answer Amen. 

In the morning service, besides the Ten Commandments from 
Exodus xx. 1-17, with the summary of the Law from St. Mat- 
thew xxii. 37-40, there shall be two lessons of Scripture. The 
first shall be taken from any part of the Old Testament, from 
Genesis to Esther inclusive, being the Historical Books ; or from 
the Prophetical Books of the Old Testaments. The second 
Lesson shall be taken from the Gospels or Acts of the Apostles, 
being the Historical Books of the New Testament. In the af- 
ternoon service the first Lesson shall be taken out of the Precep- 
tive Books of the Old Testament, from Job to Ecclesiastes ; and 
the second Lesson out of the Epistles, or the Apocalypse, in 
the New Testament. 

On Holy Days the Lessons may be those in the Table. 

During the reading of the Ten Commandments and the sum- 



XXiv GENERAL DIRECTIONS. 

mary of the Law, the minister and people stand. During the 
reading of the other lessons of Scripture, the minister stands 
and the people sit. 

On Holy days, and other special occasions of public worship 
occurring on week days, the services for the Lord's Day may be 
used instead of any of the other services, in the discretion of 
the minister. 



PART FIRST, 



Btoitiiig $nmt far tjp XhiYb f 09. 

The Service may commence with one of the following Canticles, 
unless another Canticle, or a Psalm or Hymn, be specially an- 
nounced; during which the Minister and People stand. 

CANTICLES. 

Q COME, let us sing unto the Lord ; let us heartily 
rejoice in the Eock of our salvation. 

Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving ; 
and show ourselves glad in him with psalms. 

O come, let us worship and bow down ; let us kneel 
before the Lord our Maker. 

For he is the Lord, our God, and we are the people 
of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. 

Manifold, O God ! are thy wondrous and bounteous 
works : they are more than can be numbered. 

In thee we live, and move, and have our being. The 
testimonies of thy loving kindness are ever about us. 

Thou hast sent thine only Son into the world, to be a 
propitiation for our sins. 

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2 horning service for the lord ? s day. [Part j 

For all these things we bless thee, and we magnify thy , 
glorious name ■ saying, with the angels and all the 
heavenly host, 

Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of hosts ! Heaven and 
earth are fall of thy glory, O God, most high. 

Let our months show forth thy praise for ever. 

Let all that hath breath, bless thee for ever and ever. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the 
Holy Ghost ; as it was in the beginning, is now, and 
ever shall be, world without end. Amen. 

Or this. 

£JOME, and let us present ourselves before the Lord ; 

let us adore him in his temple ; let us humble our- 
selves in his sanctuary. 

The Lord is here. How venerable, how sacred is this 
place ! this is the house of God ; this is the gate of 
heaven. 

O Lord ! God of our fathers, thou art blessed for ever, i 
To thee belong greatness, power, glory, eternity, majesty. 

AH that is in heaven and in earth is thine : the king- 
dom is thine. 

Thou art a Prince above all things : thou art Sovereign 
over all. Riches and honour, power and might, are in \ 
thy hand. 

Xow, therefore, 0 our God ! we magnify thee and 
praise thy glorious name. 

Who are we, and who are this people, that we are 
enabled freely to offer unto thee this service, and this | 
praise ? 



First] MORNING SERVICE FOR THE LORD'S DAY. 3 



We are strangers before thee, and our days pass away 
as a shadow. 

Although we are but dust and ashes, behold, we take 
upon ourselves to speak unto thee. 

Let the words of our mouths be acceptable unto thee, 
0 Lord ! 

Let thy mercy be upon us, O God ! as our trust is in 
thee. 

Glory be, etc. 

Then the Minister shall say, 

/ \ UR help is in the name of the Lord, who made 
^ heaven and earth. — Psalm cxxiv., 8. 

Here, and at the end of the several prayers, the People answer 



Amen. 



Then the Minister shall say, 

Let us pray. 

0 ALMIGHTY God and heavenly Father ! we have 
come together for the public sanctiflcation of this 
Lord's day, to offer unto thee our praises and our pray- 
ers, and to hear thy holy word. Thou hast promised to 
hearken favourably unto all those who call upon thee in 
the name of thy Son. We therefore, beseech thee to 
look down upon us in mercy, and to purify our thoughts 

I and affections, that we may render unto thee an accept- 

I able service. 



4 MORNING SERVICE FOR THE LORd's DAY. [Part 

Great God ! we humble ourselves before thee. "We 
adore thy majesty ; we extol thy wisdom, thy power, 
and thy goodness, which appear with such brightness in 
the marvellous works of creation and redemption. We : 
acknowledge thy tender love in the manifold favours, 
spiritual and temporal, which we continually receive at 
thy hand ; but we praise thee more especially, with all 
Christians who are assembled this day, that thou didst 
send thy Son into the world to save us, and that he rose 
from the dead for our justification. We bless thee that 
thou hast given us, by his glorious resurrection, so lively 
a hope of everlasting life. 

O God ! thy glory is great in all thy churches, and 
the praise of thy name is heard in all the assemblies of 
thy saints ! May our thanksgivings ascend unto thy 
throne ! Make us worthy to be partakers of the resur- 
rection of the just, and of the glory of the kingdom of 
heaven, whither Jesus Christ hath entered as our fore- 
runner ; where he liveth and reigneth ; where he is 
adored and glorified, with thee and the Holy Ghost, God 
blessed forever. Amen. 

Q GOD ! who hast given thy Holy Scriptures for our i 
instruction, we beseech thee to enlighten our minds | 
and purify our hearts, that we may worthily read, hear, 
and meditate upon them, and may understand and re- 
ceive, as we ought, the things which are therein revealed. 
Enable thy ministers to declare thy word with purity j 
and clearness, with simplicity and zeal. Render their 
preaching effectual, through the influence of the Holy 
Spirit, so that the good seed may be received into our 



First.] MORNING SERVICE FOR THE LORD^ DAY. 5 

hearts, as into ground well prepared, and bring forth 
fruit in abundance. Grant that, we may be not only- 
hearers, but doers of thy word ; and that living conform- 
ably with its divine instructions during the time of our 
sojourning here, we may attain unto eternal salvation, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Here may he sung a Psalm or Hymn. 

Then the Minister shall say, 

JJ EAR with reverence, the Ten Commandments of the 
Law of God, as they are wiitten in the 20th chap- 
ter of the Book of Exodus. 

Here the People rise. 

Q_ OD spake all these words, saying, I am the Lord thy 
God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, 
out of the house of bondage. 

i. 

Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 

ii. 

Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or 
any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or 
that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water un- 
der the earth. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to 
them, nor serve them : for I, the Lord thy God, am a 
jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the 
children, unto the third and fourth generation of them 
that hate me ; and showing mercy unto thousands of 
: them that love me, and keep my commandments. 



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MORNING SERVICE FOR THE LORd's DAY. 



[Part 



III. 

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God 
in vain : for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that 
taketh his name in vain. 

IV. 

Eemember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six 
days shalt thou labour, and do all tliy work ; but the 
seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God : in it 
thou shalt not do any work ; thou, nor thy son, nor thy 
daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy 
cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates : for in 
six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and 
all that in them is, and rested the seventh day ; where- 
fore, the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it. 

v. 

Honour thy father and thy mother ; that thy days may 
be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 

VI. 

Thou shalt not kill. 

VII. 

Thou shalt not commit adultery. 

VIII. 

Thou shalt not steal. 

IX. 

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neigh- 
bour. 

x. 

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house ; thou 
shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife ; nor his man-ser- 
vant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass ; nor 
any thing that is thy neighbour's. 



First.] MORNING SERVICE FOR THE LORD ? S DAY. 7 

EAR also what our Lord Jesus Christ saith, in the 2 2d 
chapter of the Gospel according to St. Matthew. 

^ HOU shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, 
and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This 
is the first and great commandment. 

And the second is like unto it. Thou shalt love thy 
neighbour as thyself. 

On these two commandments hang all the law and 
the prophets. 

EARLY beloved! 

If God enter into judgment with us, in his sight 
shall nG man living be justified. Psalm kxUU., 2. 

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, 
and the truth is not in us. I John, i., 8. 

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to for- 
give us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteous- 
ness. T. John, i.,9. 

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit ; a broken 
and a contrite heart he will not despise. Psalm 11, 17. 

The wages of sin is death : but the gift of God is 
eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Rom. vl, 23. 

Him that cometh unto me, saith the Lord, I will in 
no wise cast out. St, John, vi.,%1. 

Let us therefore, humbly confess our sins. 

Q LORD God! Eternal and Almighty Father! we 
confess before thy Divine Majesty that we are mise- 
rable sinners, born in corruption and iniquity, prone to 
evil, and of^ ourselves incapable of any good. We 
acknowledge that we transgress in various ways thy 



8 MORNING SERVICE FOR THE LORIES DAY. [Part 

holy commandments, so that we draw down on ourselves-, 
through thy righteous judgment, condemnation and 
death, We are, O Lord I under heartfelt sorrow for 
having offended thee ; and we implore thy grace to 
relieve our wretchedness. Vouchsafe, O most gracious 
God and merciful Father ! to have compassion on us, 
in the name of thy Son Jesus Christ, our Lord. Par- 
don our sins, give us the graces of the Holy Spirit, and 
increase them day by day ; to the end, that heartily 
acknowledging our unworthiness, and forsaking our sins, 
we may be filled with that godly sorrow which worketh 
repentance unto salvation, and may bring forth fruits of 
righteousness acceptable to tliee ; through Jesus Christ, 
our Lord. Amen, 

Q UE Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy 
name ; thy kingdom come ; thy will be done on 
earth, as it is in heaven ; give us this clay our daily 
bread ; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those 
who trespass against us ; and lead us not into tempta- 
tion ; but deliver us from evil * for thine is the kino-dom, 
and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 

Then shall be read a Lesson from the Old Testament. 

Before reading the Lessons from the Old and New Testaments, 
the Minister shall announce simply the book and chaptes | 
and after reading them, shall use these words, Here ekdeth 
the First, or the Seconal Lesson. 

After the Lesson from the Old Testament shall be sung the fol- 
lowing 



First.] MORNING SERVICE FOR THE LORD'S DAY. 9 



DOXOLOGY. 

Or a Canticle, Psalm or Hymn, when announced by the Minister. 

Here the People rise. 

Q. LOEY be to God on nigh, and on earth peace, good- 
will towards men. We praise thee, we bless thee, 
we worship thee, we glorify thee, we give thanks to thee 
for thy great glory, O Lord God, heavenly King, God 
the Father Almighty. 

O Lord, the only begotten Son, Jesus Christ ; 0 Lord 
God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, who takest away 
the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou, who 
takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. 
Thou, who takest away the sins of the world, receive our 
prayer. Thou, who sittest at the right hand of God the 
Father, have mercy upon us. 

For thou only art holy ; thou only art the Lord ; thou 
only, 0 Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art most high in 
the glory of God the Father. Amen, 

Then shall be read a Lesson from the New Testament. 

Notice may be given here, if any of the Bipedal or Occasional 
Prayers, or T hanksgivings, from Part III., are to be used. 

* After which, the Minister says, 
Let us pray. 

Q LORD ! let thy mercy shine upon us ; and grant us 
thy salvation. 

1* 



10 MORNING SERVICE FOR THE LORD'S DAY. [Part 

0 God ! make clean our hearts within us ; and take 
not thy Holy Spirit from us. 

Q LORD God ! we render thanks unto thee, that thou 
hast called us to the knowledge and profession of 
the Christian faith. "We beseech thee to preserve and 
increase it in us ; to the end, that continuing steadfast in 
the same, we may sincerely unite in the confession of the 
Church Universal: 

1 believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of 
heaven and earth. 

I believe in Jesus Christ his only Son, our Lord; 
who was conceived of the Holy Ghost, and born of 
the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate ; 
he was crucified ; he died ; he was buried ; [he went 
into the place of departed spirits ;]* the third day he 
rose from the dead ; he ascended into heaven ; he sit- 
teth at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty ; 
and thence he will come to judge the living and the 
dead. 

I believe in the Holy Ghost. 

I believe the Holy Church Universal ; the commu- 
nion of saints ; the remission of sins ; the resurrection of 
the body ; and the life everlasting. Amen. 

Here introduce such of the Special or Occasional Prayers or 
Thanksgivings from Part III as are suit able, may be request- 
ed, or the Minister s discretion may suggest. 

Q LORD, our God ! Creator and Father of the human 
race ! who hast commanded that prayer and sup- 

* These words may be omitted. 



First.] MORNING SERVICE FOR THE LORD'S DAY, 1 1 

plication be made for all mankind, we offer imto thee 
our intercessions, for the peace of the world, and for the 
happiness and salvation of all men. 

Deliver, we beseech thee, 0 Lord ! from spiritual blind- 
ness, all the nations that still sit in darkness. Thou didst 
so love the world, that thou gavest thine only Son, to die 
as a propitiation, not only for our sins, but also for the sins 
of the whole world. Thou hast taught us that he came 
to be a light unto the Gentiles, and to bring salvation 
unto the ends of the earth ; and that there is none 
other name under heaven, given among men, whereby 
we may be saved. Grant, O Almighty God and mer- 
ciful Father ! that all our fellow men may be gathered 
unto the name of our Lord ; to the end that all nations 
may know and adore thee, the only true God, and Jesus 
Christ, whom thou hast sent. 

O Lord ! who art the source of all lawful power, and 
the fountain of all true wisdom in the counsels of men, 
we pray to thee for all who are in authority through- 
out the world. Thou hast taught us, in thy holy word, 
that thou dost govern the nations upon earth, and that 
rulers should serve and obey thee. Vouchsafe, then, O 
most mighty God ! a knowledge of thyself to such as 
know thee not, and give thy grace unto all, that, ruling 
in thy fear, they may do justly, love mercy, and walk 
humbly with thee. 

We beseech thee to behold with thy favour those 
who, in the order of thy providence, are entrusted with 
authority throughout our land. Endue them with thy 
grace, that, in the administration of justice, the preser- 



12 MORNING SERVICE FOR THE LORD'S DAY. [Part 

ration of order, the improvement of otir laws, and the 
execution of judgment, their good works may glorify 
thee. 

We offer unto thee, 0 Lord! our prayers for the 
necessities of the Holy Church Universal. Protect, 
enlarge, and sanctify it more and more. Deliver all 
churches which suffer persecution. Take away, we 
beseech thee, the errors and dissensions which disturb 
thy people, and unite them all in the bonds of truth, 
of godliness, and of peace. Grant thy blessings to the 
Churches of these States, and to the families and per- 
sons who compose them, that piety, concord, and every 
Christian virtue may flourish therein, 

We pray thee, O Lord ! for all the pastors of thy 
Church. Sanctify them, and increase in them the know- 
ledge and gifts needful for the advancement of thy 
kingdom, and the salvation of the souls committed to 
them. Raise up, everywhere, faithful, zealous and hum- 
ble ministers, lovers of truth and of peace ; and, to this 
end, give thy grace and thy fear to all who are preparing 
to serve thee in the holy ministry. 

O God of mercy! have pity on those who are suffer- 
ing by war, pestilence, or any other scourge, and on all 
who are in affliction. We commend to thy care the 
widow and the orphan, the poor and the stranger, all 
. who are in peril by land or by water, all who endure 
persecution for the Gospel, all who are distressed in mind, 
the infirm, the sick and the dying. Comfort and relieve 
them, according to their several necessities, and give 
them a happy issue out of all their trials and afflictions. 



First.] MORNING SERVICE FOR THE LORD'S DAY. 13 

O Lord ! we pray for all thy children. Direct and 
bless all who seek thee with sincerity of heart, and 
who labour for the salvation of themselves, or of their 
fellow-men ; all who are engaged in works of love, and 
in holy designs for the advancement of thy kingdom. 
Strengthen all who are weak in faith, and in piety, 
and turn unto thee the hearts of the impenitent and 
disobedient. 

Favourably regard, O Lord ! our country and its 
inhabitants. Grant, at all times, whatever may be 
necessary for our subsistence, and give us grace not to 
abuse thy blessings, but to use them with soberness, 
charity, and thankfulness. 

Save us, 0 merciful God! from all the dangers and 
calamities to which we may be exposed. Deliver us 
from our sins ; preserve us from every evil thought, 
from impiety, and hypocrisy, and from all that is con- 
trary to thy holy will. Direct us always by thy grace, 
and further us continually by thy Spirit. Give unto us, 
at all times, good and holy thoughts, pure, meek, and 
peaceable dispositions, entire resignation to thy provi- 
dence, fervent love to thee, and sincere charity, inclining 
us to edify and do good to one another. Wean our 
affections from this world of vanity, and, through thy 
grace, may our hearts be always lifted up towards 
heaven. There may our treasure be : to the end, that 
watching and praying without ceasing, and leading 
humble, righteous and sober lives, we may pass our 
days in peace, looking for the glorious advent of our 
Saviour ; at whose coming to judge the world, grant 



14 MORNING SERVICE FOR THE LORD'S DAY. 

that we, who are here assembled in thy presence, may 
appear before thee, without confusion and without fear. 

Favourably hear us, O God ! Graciously hear all 
who have at this time offered up their prayers unto 
thee. Reject not the supplications of thy servants; 
but grant us the blessings we have asked of thee, and 
all others which are necessary for us, through Jesus 
Christ, our Lord, in whose name we offer up our 
prayers. Amen. 

Then follow a Psalm or Hymn, the Sermon, a Psalm or Hymn 
and Doxology, a concluding Prayer, from Part III., and a 
Benediction. 

BENEDICTIONS. 

^ HE Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make 
his face shine upon you, and be gracious unto you. 
The Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give 
you peace. Amen. Numb, vi., 24 25, 26. 

^ HE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of 
God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be 
with us all evtrmore. Amen. n. Cor., xiii., 14. 

Y brethren ! the end of all things is at hand. Be 
ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. L Peter, 

iv., 7. 

The Lord be with you. Almighty God, the Father, 
the Son, and the Holy Ghost, bless and protect you. 
Amen. 



Sftmniim §umn for tnxYt $utf> 



AND OTHER OCCASIONS, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE 
MINISTER, 



The Service may commence with one of the following Canticles, 
unless another Canticle, or a Psalm or Hymn, be specially 
announced ; during which the Minister and People stand. 

CANTICLES. 

OW amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of Hosts. 
My soul desire th, yea, even longeth, to enter into 
the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh rejoice 
in the living God. 

Blessed are they that dwell in thy house : they will 
be alway praising thee. 

One day in thy courts is better than a thousand else- 
where : I would rather be a door-keeper in the house of 
my God, than to dwell in the tents of ungodliness. 

For the Lord God is a sun and a shield : no good 
thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. 

O Lord of Hosts ! blessed is the man that trusteth in 
thee. 



16 AFTERNOON SERVICE FOR THE LORD'S DAY. [Part 



0 God ! I will abide in thy tabernacle forever : I will 
trust in the covert of thy wings. 

For thou, O God ! hast heard my vows : thou hast 
given me the heritage of those who fear thy name. 

1 am ever with thee : thou hast holden me by my 
right hand. 

Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward 
receive me to glory. 

Whom have I in heaven but thee ? and there is none 
upon earth that I desire besides thee. 

They that forsake thee shall perish : thou wilt destroy 
all them that corrupt themselves before thee. 

But it is good for me to draw near unto God ; and 
to put my trust in the Lord God. 

Glory be, etc. 



LET us be joyful in the Lord our God. Let us 



serve the Lord with gladness, and come before his 
presence with a song. 

Know ye that the "Lord is God; it is he who hath 
made us, and not we ourselves ; we are his people and 
the sheep of his pasture. 

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his 
courts with praise. Be thankful unto him and bless his 
name. 

For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is everlasting, and 
his truth endureth from generation to generation. 

O God ! we adore thee as our God, as our Creator, 
and as the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 



Or this. 




First.] AFTERNOON SERVICE FOR THE LORD'S DAY. 17 

We humble ourselves in thy presence, and acknow- 
ledge thine infinite majesty. 

The angels adore thee in heaven, and all the heavenly 
host bow down before thee. 

Eeceive the homage which we offer to thee upon 
earth, we who are poor mortals, miserable sinners, thy 
creatures by nature, and thy children by grace. 

Glory be, etc. 

Then the Minister shall say, 

QUR help is in the name of the Lord, who made 
heaven and earth. Psalmcxxiv.,8. 

Here, and at the end of the several Prayer s, the People answer 
Amen. 

Then the Minister shall say, 

J^EAKLY beloved brethren! we have assembled to 
worship God, to hear his holy word, and to offer 
unto him our praises and our prayers. The Father of 
our Lord Jesus Christ, pardoneth all such as truly repent, 
and turn unto him. 

Let us, therefore, confess our sins, and implore his 
mercy. 

Q LORD God ! Eternal and Almighty Father ! we 
confess before thy Divine Majesty that we are mise- 
rable sinners, born in corruption and iniquity, prone to 



18 AFTERXOON SERVICE FOR THE LORD'S DAY. [Part 

evil, and of ourselves incapable of any good. We 
acknowledge that we transgress, in various ways, thy 
holy coniroandnients, so that we draw down on our- 
selves, through thy righteous judgment, condemnation 
and death. We are, O Lord ! under heartfelt sorrow 
for having offended thee ; and we implore thy grace to 
relieve our 'wretchedness. Vouchsafe, O most gracious ; 
God and merciful Father ! to have compassion on us, in ; 
the name of thy Son Jesus Christ, our Lord. Pardon 
our sins, give us the graces of the Holy Spirit, and 
increase them day by day ; to the end, that heartily 
acknowledging our unworthiness, and forsaking our sins, 
we may be filled with that godly sorrow which worketh 
repentance unto salvation, and may bring forth fruits of 
righteousness acceptable to thee, through Jesus Christ, 
our Lord. Amen. 

QUR Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy 
name ; thy kingdom come ; thy will be done on 
earth, as it is in heaven ; give us this day our daily 
bread ; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those 
who trespass against us ; and lead us not into tempta- 
tion ; but deliver us from evil : for thine is the kingdom, 
and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 

Q MERCIFUL God and heavenly Father ! since thou 
hast given us thy Holy Scriptures as a lamp to our 
feet, and a light to our paths, we beseech thee, for the j 
love of Jesus Christ, the Light of the world, that thou 
wouldst illumine our minds, and endue us with the Holy 
Spirit, to sanctify and lead us into the knowledge of 



First] AFTERNOON SERVICE FOR THE LORD'S DAY. 19 

truth. Give us grace to hear attentively thy word, 
rightly to understand its meaning, and to conform our 
lives to its precepts ; that whatever we shall hear, may 
tend to the glory of thy name, to our advancement in 
piety, and to the comfort and salvation of our souls ; 
through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. 

Then shall be read a Lesson from the Old Testament. 

Before reading the Lessons from the Old and New Testaments, 
the Minister shall announce simply the book and chapter ; 
and after reading them, shall use these words, Here endeth 
the First, or the Second Lesson. 

After the Lesson from the Old Testament, shall be sung the fol- 
lowing 

DOXOLOG Y". 

Or a Canticle, Psalm or Hymn, when announced by the Minister. 

Here the People rise. 

Q.LORY be to God on high, and on earth peace, good- 
will towards men. We prai?e thee, we bless thee, 
we worship thee, we glorify thee, we give thanks to thee 
for thy great glory, 0 Lord God, heavenly King, God 
the Father Almighty. 

O Lord, the only begotten Son, Jesus Christ ; 0 Lord 
God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, who takest away 
the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou, who 
takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. 



20 AFTERNOON SERVICE FOR THE LORD'S DAY. [Part 



Thou, who takest away the sins of the world, receive our 
prayer. Thou, who sittest at the right hand of God the 
Father, have mercy upon us. 

For thou only art holy ; thou only art the Lord ; thou 
only, O Christ, with the Floly Ghost, art most high in 
the glory of God the Father. Amen. 

Then shall be read a Lesson from the New Testament. 

Notice may be given here, if any of the Special or Occasional 
Prayers, or Thanksgivings* from Part III., are to be used. 

After which, the Minister says, 

Let us pray. 

Q LORD ! let thy mercy shine upon us ; and grant us 
thy salvation. 

0 God ! make clean our hearts within us ; and take 
not thy Holy Spirit from us. 

Q LORD God ! we render thanks unto thee, that thou 
hast called us to the knowledge and profession of 
the Christian faith. We beseech thee to preserve and 
increase it in us ; to the end, that continuing steadfast 
in the same, we may sincerely unite in the confession of 
the Church Universal : 

1 believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of 
heaven and earth. 

I believe in Jesus Christ his ouly Son, our Lord ; who 
was conceived of the Holy Ghost, and born of the Vir- 
gin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate ; he was 



First.] AFTERNOON SERVICE FOR THE LORD'S DAY. 21 

crucified ; he died ; lie was buried ; [he went into the 
place of departed spirits ;]* the third day he rose from 
the dead ; he ascended into heaven ; he sitteth at the 
right hand of God, the Father Almighty ; and thence 
he will come to judge the living and the dead. 
I believe in the Holy Ghost. 

I believe the Holy Church Universal ; the commu- 
nion of saints ; the remission of sins ; the resurrection of 
the body ; and the life everlasting. Amen. 

0 ALMIGHTY God! Father of mercy! we, thine 
unworthy servants, do give thee most humble and 
hearty thanks, for all thy goodness and loving kindness 
to us, and to all men. We bless thee for oar creation, 
preservation, and all the blessings of this life ; but above 
all, for thine inestimable love, in the redemption of the 
world, by our Lord Jesus Christ ; for the means of 
grace, and for the hope of glory. And we beseech thee, 
give us a due sense of all thy mercies, that we may show 
forth thy praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives, 
by giving up ourselves to thy service, and by walking 
before thee, in holiness and righteousness, all our days ; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with thee, and 
the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, world without 
end. Amen. 

Here introduce such of the Special or Occasional Prayers or 
Thanksgivings from Part III as are suitable, may be request- 
ed, or the Minister's discretion may suggest. 



* These words may be omitted. 



22 AFTERNOON SERVICE FOR THE Lord's DAY. [Part 

0 ETERNAL and Almighty God! we offer to thy 
Divine Majesty our prayers for ourselves, and for all 
mankind. 

We beseech thee to illumine all the people of the 
earth, by the light of the Gospel, that they may come 
to the knowledge of the truth, and be saved. We pray 
thee to provide for all the wants of the Church Univer- 
sal. Look down with mercy upon all thy people. Pre- 
serve them, and cherish in them the light of thy word. 
Put away from them dissensions and hypocrisy ; and 
grant that piety, charity, and every Christian virtue may 
reign among them. 

Bless, O God ! the ministers of thy church. Enable 
them at all times, to preach thy word in faithfulness 
and purity, and to labour with humility and zeal, for 
the edification of their flocks. 

We pray to thee, King of kings and Lord of lords ! 
for all rulers, and especially for those who are in au- 
thority over us. Guide them by thy Spirit, and assist 
them in the performance of their duties, so that reli- 
gion, justice and peace, may flourish under their govern- 
ment. 

O Almighty and most merciful God ! we commend 
to thy favour all who are in affliction. Grant to the 
sick the patience, the succour, and the repentance 
which they need. Convert sinners, and strengthen those 
who walk in thy ways. O God ! bless the just and 
upright in heart ; protect the weak and the innocent ; 
provide for the poor and the stranger; help and comfort 
all who are in danger, necessity, or tribulation. 



First.] AFTERNOON SERVICE FOR THE LORD'S DAY. 23 

Bless, O God ! our country, and all its inhabitants. 
Turn away from us thy judgments, and be gracious unto 
us, for the sake of thy Holy name. 

Vouchsafe, 0 Lord ! to bless us in the duties and 
business of our several callings. Guide and assist us, 
that we may always incline to thy will and walk in 
thy way ; that whilst we labour for things temporal, we 
neglect not things eternal ; but that we may first, and 
chiefly, seek thy kingdom and thy righteousness. Suffer 
not the temptations and cares of this life to seduce our 
hearts, and to destroy the seed of thy word, which is 
sown therein. Teach us, O God ! rightly to comprehend 
that this world passeth away, and all its sinful desires ; 
that our life fleeth as a shadow, and that we bring our 
years to an end, as it were, a tale that is told. Enable us 
duly to consider the vanity of this life, so that having lived 
in thy fear, we may die in thy grace, and be partakers 
in the resurrection of the just. 

O Lord, our gracious God ! vouchsafe to us, we be- 
seech thee, all that we need to finish happily the race 
set before us. Take us under thy protection, provide for 
all our wants, and guide us, even to our last hour, through 
Jesus Christ, thy Son. Amen. 

Then follow a Psalm or Hymn, the Sermon, a Psalm or Hymn 
and Doxology, a concluding Prayer, from Part III., and a 
Benediction. 

BENEDICTIONS. 

^ HE Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make 
his face shine upon you, and be gracious unto 



24 AFTERNOON SERVICE FOR THE LORD'S DAY. 

you. The Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and 
give you peace. Amen. Numb, vi., 24, 25, 26. 

^HE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of 
God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be 
with us all evermore. Amen. n. Cor., xiii., 14. 

^ Y brethren ! the end of all things is at hand. Be 
ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. I. Peter, 

iv., 7. 

The Lord be with you. Almighty God, the Father, 
the Son, and the Holy Ghost, bless and protect you. 
Amen. 



PART SECOND, 



3GtatBg §umt far Wnk Mp, tnttjr a irrramt. 

The Service may commence with a Canticle, Psalm or Hymn, 
announced by the Minister. 

Tlien the Minister shall say, 

/ \UR help is in the name of the Lord, who made 
^ heaven and earth, — Psalm cxxiv., 8. 

Here, and at the end of the several prayers, the People answer 

Amen. 

Then the Minister shall say, 

J^EAKLY beloved brethren! we have assembled to 
worship God, to hear his holy word, and to offer 
unto him our praises and our prayers. The Father of 
our Lord Jesus Christ, pardoneth all such as truly repent, 
and turn unto him. 

2 



26 



SERVICES FOE, WEEK DAYS. 



Let us, therefore, confess our sins, and implore his | 
mercy. 

Q LORD, our God and our Father ! we are not worthy 
to appear in thy presence, or to ask of thee any 
favomjr. We have not obeyed thy commandments, but i 
have transgressed them in various ways. O Lord ! we 
deplore the magnitude and number of our sins. Par- 
don us, O most gracious Father ! pardon, for the love 
of Jesus Christ, those who are penitent and ask thy 
forgiveness. Sanctify us, and make us- new creatures ; 
to the end that the glory of thy mercy may be 
ever manifested in us ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen, 

QUR Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy 
name ; thy kingdom come ; thy will be done on 
earth, as it is in heaven ; give us this day our daily 
bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive 
those who trespass against us ; and lead us not into 
temptation ; but deliver us from evil : for thine is the 
kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and 
ever. Amen. 

TT is meet and proper, that we should adore thee, 0 
Lord our God ! Creator of heaven and earth, and 
all things therein, and that we should ever give thanks 
unto thee for the favours we are continually receiving at 
thy bountiful hand. We bless thee, that thou hast 
preserved us to the present time ; that, having protected 
us during the past night, thou hast brought us in safety 



j Second.] SERVICES FOR WEEK DAYS. 27 



, to the beginning of this day ; and that we are enabled 
| to assemble in this holy place, and in thy presence, 
i O Lord ! we praise thee, we desire to serve thee at 
this time, and throughout our lives; to dedicate our- 
selves unto thee, and to submit ourselves entirely to thy 
holy and gracious will. May it please thee to defend 
and direct us during this day, that we may pass the 
same in peace and cheerfulness, in thy fear and to thy 
glory. 

And, since thou hast given us the Holy Scriptures, as 
a lamp to our feet and a light to our paths, we beseech 
thee, O Lord, for the love of Jesus Christ, the Light of 
the world, that thou wouldst illumine our minds, and 
endue us with thy Holy Spirit, to sanctify and lead us 
into the knowledge of truth. Give us grace to hear 
attentively thy word, rightly to understand its meaning, 
and to conform our lives to its precepts, so that whatever 
we shall hear may tend to the glory of thy name, to 
our advancement in piety, and to the comfort and sal- 
vation of our souls ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

Then shall be read a Lesson from the Old Testament. 

After which shall be sung the following Doxology ; or a Canti- 
cle^ Psalm or Hymn, when announced by the Minister. 

DOXOLOGY. 
Here the People rise. 



28 



SERVICES FOR WEEK DAYS. 



Q.LORY be to God on high, and on earth peace, good j 

will towards men. We praise thee, we bless thee, 
we worship thee, we glorify thee, we give thanks to thee 
for thy great glory, O Lord God, heavenly King, God 
the Father Almighty. 

O Lord, the only begotten Son, Jesus Christ ; O Lord 
God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, who takest away 
the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou, who 
takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. 
Thou, who takest away the sins of the world, receive 
our prayer. Thou, who sittest at the right hand of God 
the Father, have mercy upon us. 

For thou only art holy ; thou only art the Lord ; thou 
only, O Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art most high in 
the glory of God the Father. Amen, 

Then shall be read a Lesson f rom the New Testament. 

Here introduce such of the Special or Occasional Prayers or 
Thanksgivings, from Part III., as are suitable, m%y be re- 
quested, or the Minister's discretion may suggest. 

After which, the Minister says, 

Let us pray. 

Q ETERNAL and Almighty God! we offer to thy 
Divine Majesty, our prayers for ourselves, and for 
all mankind. 

We beseech thee to illumine all the people of the earth, 
by the light of the Gospel, that they may come to the 
knowledge of the truth, and be saved. We pray thee 



Second.] 



SERVICES FOR WEEK DAYS. 



29 



to provide for all the wants of the Church Universal. 
Look down with mercy upon all thy people. Preserve 
them, and cherish in them the light of thy word. Put 
away from them dissensions, and hypocrisy ; and grant 
that piety, charity, and every Christian virtue, may reign 
among them. 

Bless, O God, the ministers of thy church. Enable 
them, at all times, to preach thy word in faithfulness 
and purity, and to labour with humility and zeal, for the 
edification of their flocks. 

We pray to thee, King of kings, and Lord of lords ! 
for all rulers, and especially for those who are in au- 
thority over us. Guide them by thy Spirit, and assist 
them in the performance of their duties, so that religion, 
justice, and peace, may flourish under their government. 

O Almighty and most merciful God ! we commend 
to thy favour all who are in affliction. Grant to the 
| sick, the patience, the succour, and the repentance, which 
I they need. Convert sinners, and strengthen those who 
I walk in thy ways. O God ! bless the just and upright 
in heart ; protect the weak and the innocent ; provide 
S for the poor and the stranger ; help and comfort all who 
! are in danger, necessity, or tribulation, 
i Bless, O God ! our country and all its inhabitants. 
I Turn away from us thy judgments, and be gracious unto 
| us, for the sake of thy Holy name. 

Vouchsafe, O Lord ! to bless us in the duties and 
business of our several callings. Guide and assist us, 
that we may always incline to thy will and walk in thy 
way; that whilst we labour for things temporal, we 



30 SERVICES FOR WEEK DAYS. [Part 

neglect not things eternal ; bnt that we may first and 
chiefly seek thy kingdom and thy righteousness. Suffer 
not the tenrptations and cares of this life, to seduce 
our hearts, and to destroy the seed of thy word, which 
is sown therein. Teach us, 0 God ! rightly to compre- 
hend that this world passeth away, and all its sinful 
desires ; that our life fleeth as a shadow, and that we 
bring our years to an end, as it were, a tale that is told. 
Enable us duly to consider the vanity of this life, so 
that, having lived in thy fear, we may die in thy grace, 
and be partakers in the resurrection of the just. 

O Lord our gracious God ! vouchsafe to us, we be- 
seech thee, all that we need, to finish happily the race 
set before us. Take us under thy protection, provide 
for all our wants, and guide us, even to our last hour ; 
through Jesus Christ thy Son. Amen. 

Then follow a Psalm or Hymn, the Sermon, a concluding 
Prayer from Part III., and a. Benediction, 

BENEDICTIONS. 

^HE Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make 
his face to shine upon you, and be gracious unto 
you. The Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and 
give you peace. Amen. Numb, vi., 24, 25, 26. 

J HE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, 
and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with us 
all, evermore. Amen. Jl Cor. } xiii., 14, 



Second.] SERVICES FOR WEEK DAYS. 31 

j|jY brethren! the end of all things is at hand. Be 
ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. L Pet. 

iv., 7. 

The Lord be with yon. Almighty God, the Father, 
the Son, and the Holy Ghost, bless and protect yon. 
Amen. 



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A SERVICE J OR MOEMNG OR AFTER X 0 0"NV 



TAtf Service may commence with a Canticle, Psalm or Hymn y 
announced by the Minister. 

Then the Minister shall say, 

Q UR help is m the name of the Lord, who made 
heaven and earth. Psalm cxxiv., 8. 

Here, and at the end of the several Prayers, the Pecple answer 
Amen> 

Then the Minister shall say, 

EARLY beloved brethren f We have assembled to 
worship God, to hear liis holy word, and to offer 
unto him our praises and our prayers. The Father of 
our Lord Jesus Christ pardoneth all sueh as truly repent, 
and turn unto him. 

Let us, therefore, confess our sins, and implore his 
mercy. 



SERVICES FOR WEEK "DAYS. 



33 



Q ALMIGHTY God ! heavenly Father ! we have sinned 
against thee, and are not worthy to be called thy 
children. We have offended thee in various ways, by 
thought, word and deed, as thou knowest, O omniscient 
Gocl ! But we pray thee to turn away thine anger from 
us, forgiving us all our sins, and leading us, by a sincere 
repentance, to life everlasting, for the love of thy Son, 
Jesus Christ. Amen. 

QUR Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy 
name ; thy kingdom come ; thy will be done on 
earth, as it is in heaven ; give us this day our daily 
bread ; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive 
those who trespass against us ; and lead us not into 
temptation ; but deliver us from evil : for thine is the 
kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and 
ever. Amen. 

Q MERCIFUL God and heavenly Father ! as we are 
about to hear thy holy word, we pray thee to give 
us grace rightly to understand its meaning, and to live 
according to the same, for the love of Jesus Christ, our 
Saviour. Amen. 

Then shall be read a Lesson from the Old Testament. 

After which shall be sung the following Doxology ; or a Canti- 
cle, Psalm or Hymn, when announced by the Minister. 



DOXOLOGY 



34 SERVICES FOR WEEK DAYS, [Part 

Here the People rise, 

Q.LORY be to God on high, and on earth peace, good 

will towards men. We praise thee, we bless thee, ' 
we worship thee, we glorify thee, we give thanks to thee 
for thy great glory, O Lord God, heavenly King, God 
the Father Almighty. 

O Lord, the only begotten Son, J esus Christ ; O Lord 
God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, who takest away 
the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou, who 
takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. 
Thou, who takest away the sins of the world, receive 
our prayer. Thou, that sittest at the right hand of God 
the Father, have mercy upon us. 

For thou only art holy ; thou only art the Lord ; thou 
only, O Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art most high in 
the glory of God the Father. Amen. 

Then shall be read a Lesson from the New Testament. 

After which, the Minister says > 

Let us pray. 

Q LORD ! have mercy upon us ; hear our prayers, and 
let our supplications come unto thee. 

O Lord ! let thy mercy shine upon us, and grant us 
thy salvation. 

O Lord ! preserve thy Holy Church, and favourably 
hear, through thy grace, all who call upon thee. 

Clothe thy ministers with righteousness, and cause 
thy chosen people to rejoice. 



Second.] SERVICES FOR WEEK DAYS* 35 

0 Lord ! save thy people and bless thine heritage. 
I Grant us peace in our day, for thou only canst defend us. 
O God ! make clean our hearts within us, and take 
not thy Holy Spirit from us. 

If used in the Morning, 

Q ETERNAL and Almighty God ! we thank thee that 
thou hast brought us safely to the beginning of this 
day. Keep us through the same, by thy great power ; 
preserve us from sin, guard us against danger, and so 
direct us by thy holy guidance, that all our doings may 
be righteous in thy sight. O Lord ! we desire to present 
ourselves unto thee, a living sacrifice ; to consecrate to 
thee our bodies, our souls, our lives, all that is within 
us, and all that depends upon us ; and to employ them 
to thy glory. Enable us to resign ourselves unto thy 
will, O God ! to confide in thy providence ; and to sub- 
mit ourselves to all the events which it shall please thee 
to ordain, Do with us whatsoever shall seem good unto 
thee ; and may thy holy will be done in us and by us ; 
for the love of our Saviour, J esus Christ Amen. 

If used in the Afternoon. 

0 ETERNAL and Almighty God! we implore thy 

Divine Majesty to receive the sacrifice of praise ' 
which we offer, and to hear the prayers which we ad- 
dress unto thee, at the close of this day. Protect us, 
we beseech thee, during the night. Preserve us from 



36 SERVICES FOR WEEK DAYS. [Part 

sin and danger, that we may praise and serve thee at 
I all times. O Lord I we commit our souls to thy care. 

Guide us whilst awake ; guard us whilst we sleep m r so ! 
! that, by day or by night, we may be always with thee ; i 1 

through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen, 

Here introduce such of the Special or Occasional Prayers or 
Thanksgivings .from Part III, as are suitable, may be re- 
quested,or the Minister s discretion may suggest. 

Q ALMIGHTY God! who hast commanded us to 
pray for all mankind, and desirest that all may 
come to a knowledge of the truth, and be saved, fa- 
vourably hear the supplications which we offer unto 
thee, for the peace and happiness of all nations, and for 
the conversion of all who sit in darkness. We implore 
thy grace for all rulers and magistrates, and especially j 
for the President of the United States, and all others in 
authority over us. We beseech thee, O God ! to pre- 
serve and sanctify thy Church, throughout the world, 
and especially the Church in our own country. Strength- 
en thou the pastors and ministers of thy word. Have 
mercy on all nations and persons in affliction. Deliver 
all who are under persecution, or in captivity, for the 
sake of the truth. Relieve, comfort and assist the sick 
and the dying. Vouchsafe unto sinners opportunity and 
means for repentance and amendment. Strengthen all 
who are weak in faith and in godliness. Give unto 
those who love and fear thee, grace to persevere and ' 
advance continually in holiness. Bless all who are en- 
gaged in works of piety and charity. Grant peace, O 



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37 



Lord ! to these United States. Bless the fruits of the 
earth. (Bless this city, and all its inhabitants.) Bless 
all who are here present, and who call upon thee with 
sincerity of heart. Favourably hear us, 0 God ! Give 
us grace to pass our days in thy fear, and to end them 
in thy peace ; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth 
and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, 
blessed forever. Amen. 

Or the folloioing Prayer. 

^LMIGHTY God! suffer not thy holy name to be 
reproached on account of our offences. We have 
sinned against thee in various ways ; we have not obeyed 
thy word as we ought, but have daily provoked thine 
anger, so that thou rnightest justly have punished us. 
But, O Lord ! remember us in mercy, and have com- 
passion on us. Give us grace to be deeply sensible of 
our sins, to repent of them, and to amend our lives. 
Bless thy people, O God ! Strengthen thy ministers, 
that they may preach thy word 9 and exercise their min- 
istry, with faithfulness and zaal. Strengthen, likewise, 
all rulers and magistrates, that they may use the trust com- 
mitted to them for thy glory, and the good of thy peo- 
ple. Send down thy blessing on the President of the 
United States, and on all others in authority over us. 
O gracious God ! turn aside thy judgments from us, and 
be always our Protector. Confound all designs against 
thy church, and against thy gospel. O Lord ! deprive 
us not of thy word, and take not thy Holy Spirit from 
us; but give us grace to persevere constantly in faith, 



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and in the fear of thy name. Comfort and strengthen 
all such as are feeble and afflicted, in mind or body. 
Assist us, O God ! in our various necessities, and grant 
us thy peace ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

j^LMIGHTY God ! who hast graciously promised to 
hear the supplications of those who ask in thy 
Son's name, we beseech thee to accept the service and 
the prayers, which we have now offered unto thee. May 
those things which we have faithfully asked, according 
to thy will, be effectually obtained, for the relief of our 
necessities, and to the advancement of thy glory ; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Or this. 

j^LMIGHTY God! who hast given us grace at this 
time, with one accord, to make our common sup- 
plications unto thee ; and hast promised that when two 
or three are gathered together, in thy name, thou wilt 
grant their requests ; fulfil now, 0 Lord ! the desires 
i and petitions of thy servants, as may be most expedient 
| for them, granting us in this world, knowledge of thy 
truth, and in the w^orld to come, life everlasting. Amen. 

Here may be sung a Canticle, Psalm or Hymn. 

After which shall be said a Benediction. 

BENEDICTIONS. 

'J HE Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make 
his face to shine upon you, and be gracious unto 



Second.] SERVICES FOR WEEK DAYS. 39 

you. The Lord lift up his countenance upon yon, and 
give you peace. Amen. Numb.vi., 24, 25, 2Q. 

^HE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, 
and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with us 
all evermore. Amen. II. Cor., xiil, 14. 

||£ Y brethren ! the end of all things is at hand. Be 
ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. I. Pet., 

if., 7. 

The Lord be with you. Almighty God, the Father, 
the Son, and the Holy Ghost, bless and protect you. 
Amen. 



% §nmi far % Sltamnt. 



The Service may commence with a Canticle, Psalm or Hymn, 
announced by the Minister. 

Then the Minister shall say, 

QUR help is in the name of the Lord, who made 
heaven and earth. Psalm cxxiv.,8. 

Here, and at the end of the several Prayers, (he People answer 
Amen. 

Then the Minister shall say, 

EARLY beloved brethren ! we have assembled to 
worship God, to hear his holy word, and to offer 
unto him our praises and our prayers. The Father of 
our Lord Jesus Christ pardoneth all such as truly repent, 
and turn unto him. 

Let us, therefore, confess our sins and implore his 
mercy. 



SERVICES FOR WEEK DAYS. 4! 

0 ALMIGHTY God! Heavenly Father! we have 
sinned against thee, and are not worthy to be 
called thy children. We have offended thee in various 
ways, by thought, word and deed, as thou knowest, O 
omniscient God ! But we pray thee to turn away thine 
anger from us ; forgiving us all our sins, and leading us, 
by a sincere repentance, to life everlasting, for the love 
of thy Son, Jesus Christ. Amen. 

QUE Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy 
name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done on 
earth, as it is in heaven ; give us this day our daily 
bread ; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those 
who trespass against us ; and lead us not into tempta- 
tion ; but deliver us from evil : for thine is the kingdom, 
and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 

Q MERCIFUL God and Heavenly Father ! as we are 
about to hear thy holy word, we pray thee to give 
us grace rightly to understand its meaning, and to live 
according to the same, for the love of Jesus Christ our 
Saviour. Amen. 

Then shall be read a Lesson from the Old Testament. 

After which shall be sung the following Boxology ; or a Canticle, 
Psalm or Hymn, ivhen announced by the Minister* 

DOXOLOGY. 

Here the People rise. 



42 SERVICES FOR WEEK DAYS. [Part 

Q.LORY be to God on nigh, and on earth peace, good 
will towards men. We praise thee, we bless thee, 
we worship thee, we glorify thee, we give thanks to thee 
for thy great glory, O Lord God, heavenly King, God 
the Father Almighty. 

O Lord, the only begotten Son, Jesus Christ ; O Lord 
God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, who takest away 
the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou, who 
takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. 
Thou, who takest away the sins of the world, receive our 
prayer. Thou, who sittest at the right hand of God the 
Father, have mercy upon us. 

For thou only art holy ; thou only art the Lord ; thou 
only, 0 Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art most high in 
the glory of God the Father. Amen. 

Then shall be read a Lesson from the New Testament. 

After which, the Minister says, 

Let us pray. 

Q LORD ! have mercy upon us ; hear our prayers and 
let our supplications come unto thee. 
O Lord ! let thy mercy shine upon us ; and grant us 
thy salvation. 

O Lord ! preserve thy Holy Church, and favourably 
hear, through thy grace, all who call upon thee. 

Clothe thy ministers with righteousness, and cause 
thy chosen people to rejoice. 

O Lord ! save thy people and bless thine heritage. 
Grant us peace in our day, for thou only canst defend us. 



Second.] SERVICES FOR WEEK DAYS. 43 



0 God ! make clean our hearts within us ; and take 
not thy Holy Spirit from us. 

Q LORD God ! we render thanks unto thee, that thou 
hast called us to the knowledge and profession of 
the Christian faith. We heseech thee to preserve and 
increase it in us ; to the end, that continuing steadfast in 
the same, we may sincerely unite in the confession of the 
Church Universal : 

1 believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of 
heaven and earth. 

I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord ; 
who was conceived of the Holy Ghost, and born of 
the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate ; 
he was crucified ; he died ; he was buried ; [he went 
into the place of departed spirits ;]* the third day he 
rose from the dead ; he ascended into heaven ; he sit- 
teth at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty ; 
and thence he will come to judge the living and the 
dead. 

I believe in the Holy Ghost. 

I believe the Holy Church Universal ; the commu- 
nion of saints ; the remission of sins ; the resurrection of 
the body ; and the life everlasting. Amen, 

0 ALMIGHTY God ! Father of mercy ! we, thine 
unworthy servants, do give thee most humble and 
hearty thanks, for all thy goodness and loving kindness 
to us. and to all men. We bless thee for oar creation, 



* These words may be omitted. 



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[Part 



preservation, and all the blessings of this life ; but above 
all, for thine inestimable love, in the redemption of the 
world, by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of j 
grace, and for the hope of glory. And we beseech thee, 1 
give us a due sense of all thy mercies, that we may show 
forth thy praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives, j 
by giving up ourselves to tlry service, and by walking : 
before thee, in holiness and righteousness, all our days ; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with thee, and 
the Holy Spirit, be all honour and glory, world without 
end. Amen. 

Q LORD ! who art the God of peace, and the author 
of all good, grant unto thy servants that peace 
which the world cannot give, that our hearts may be I 
inclined to obey thy commandments, and that, being- 
delivered from the fear of our enemies, we may pass 
our lives in rest and quietness, through the merits of 
Jesus Christ, our Saviour. Amen. 

Q LORD ! watch over us, and, through thy great 
mercy, defend our souls and bodies from all danger 
during the coming night ; for the love of thine only Son, 
our Saviour, Jesus Christ. A?nen. 

Here introduce such of the Special or Occasional Prayers or 
Thanksgivings from Part III., as are suitable, may be request- 
ed, or the Minister's discretion may suggest. 

Q GOD ! who art King of kings and Lord of lords, 
we beseech thee favourably to look upon all rulers 
and magistrates, and to send down thy blessings upon : 



Second.] 



SERVICES FOR WEEK DAYS. 



^5 



the President of these United States, and on all others 
in authority over us. Give them grace to live to the 
advancement of thy glory, the good of thy church, 
and the welfare of our country ; through Jesus Christ, 
our Redeemer. Amen. 



j^LMIGHTY and Everlasting God! send down upon 
our pastors, upon all thy ministers, and upon the 
congregations committed to their charge, the healthful 
spirit of thy grace. Fill thy servants so abundantly 
with the knowledge of thy truth, and so clothe them 
with innocence of life, that they may exercise their 
ministry to the glory of thy name, and to the edification 
of thy holy Church, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. 
Amen. 



Q GOD ! the Creator and Preserver of all mankind, 
we humbly beseech thee for all sorts and conditions 
of men, that thou wouldst be pleased to make thy ways 
known unto them, thy saving health unto all nations, 
We pray to thee especially for the prosperity of the 
Church Universal, that it may be so governed by thy 
Spirit, that all who profess and call themselves Christians 
may be led into the way of truth, and hold the faith in 
unity of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in righteous- 
ness of life. Finally, we commend to thy fatherly good- 
ness all who are distressed in mind, body or estate ; 
that it may please thee to comfort and relieve them, 
according to their several necessities, giving them repent- 
ance and patience under their sufferings, and a happy 



46 SERVICES FOE. WEEK DAYS. 

issue out of all their afflictions. All these things we 
ask of thee for the love of Jesus Christ. Amen. 

^LMIGHTY God! "who hast given us grace at this 
time, with one accord, to make our common sup- 
plications unto thee ; and hast promised that when two 
or three are gathered together in thy name, thou wilt 
grant their requests ; fulfil now, 0 Lord ! the desires i 
and petitions of thy servants, as may be most expedient 
for them, granting us, in this world, knowledge of thy 
truth, and in the world to come, life everlasting. Amen, \ 

Here may be sung a Canticle, Psalm or Hymn. 
After which shall be said a Benediction. 
BENEDICTIONS. 

^ HE Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make 
his face shine upon you, and be gracious unto you. 
The Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give 
you peace. Amen. Numb, vi., 24, 25, 26. 

^ HE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of | 

God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be 
with us all evermore. Amen. n. Cor., xiii., 14. 

j|J Y brethren ! the end of all things is at hand. Be 
ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. /. Peter, 

iv., 7. 

The Lord be with you. Almighty God, the Father, 
the Son, and the Holy Ghost, bless and protect you. 
Amen. 



Irrtttrr far imjs nf 3jMlir Ittmilmtiira. 



The Service may commence vjith a Canticle, Psalm or Hymn, 
announced by the Minister, during which Minister and P } eople 
stand. 

Then the Minister shall say, 

QUE, help is in the name of the Lord, who made 
heaven and earth. Psalm cxxiv., 

Here, and at the end of the several Prayers, the People answer 

Amen. 

Then the Minister shall say, 

Let us pray. 

0 ALMIGHTY God and Merciful Father ! into whose 
presence we have come to offer the sacrifice of 
repentance and prayer, in the observance of this day of 
public humiliation, dispose our hearts to sincere and 
deep self-abasement. Thou art full of compassion, slow 
to anger, and of great kindness : favourably hear our 
prayers, and those of our brethren, who now~call upon 
thee ; through Jesus Christ thy Son. Amen. 



48 SERVICE FOR DAYS OF PUBLIC HUMILIATION. [Part 

beseech thee, O Lord! to give us grace, now and j 
at all times, to hear thy holy word with,; atten- ! 
tion, with reverence, and with fear ; and to receive wil- j 
lingly the instructions and admonitions which may be , 
addressed to us by the ministry of thy servants. Vouch- 
safe to them thine especial help r ; and grant that they 
labour not in vain. Let not thy word return to thee 
unfruitful. May it please thee to accompany it with the 
power and efficacy of thy Holy Spirit ; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Then the Minister shall say, 

JJ EAR with reverence, the Ten Commandments of the 
Law of Go?, as they are written in the 20th chap- 
ter of the Book of Exodus. 

Here the People rise. 

Q.OD spake these words, saying, I am the Lord thy ! 

God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, 
out of the house of bondage. 

i. 

Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 

ii. 

Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or 
any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or 
that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water un- 
der the earth. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to 
them, nor serve them : for I, the Lord thy God, am a 
jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the 



Second.] SERVICE FOE BAYS OF PUBLIC HUMILIATION. 49 

children, unto the third and fourth generation of thern 
that hate me ; and showing mercy unto thousands of 
them that love me, and keep my commandments, 
in. 

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God 
in vain : for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that 
taketh his name in vain. 

IV. 

Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six 
days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work ; but the 
seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God : in it 
thou shalt not do any work ; thou, nor thy son, nor thy 
daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy 
cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates : for in 
six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and 
all that in them is, and rested the seventh day ; where- 
fore, the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it. 

v. 

Honour thy father and thy mother ; that thy days may 
be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 

VI, 

Thou shalt not kill. 

VII. 

Thou shalt not commit adultery* 

VIII. 

Thou shalt not steal. 

IX. 

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neigh- 
bour. 

x. 

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house; thou 

3 



50 SERVICE FOR DATS OF PUBLIC HUMILIATION. [Part j 

shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife ; nor his man-ser- 
vant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass ; nor 
any thing that is thy neighbour's, 

EAR also what our Lord Jesus Christ saith, in the Z2& 
chapter of the Gospel according to St. Matthew. 

THOU shaft love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, 
and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This 
is the first and great commandment. 

And the second is like unto it. Thou shalt love thy 
neighbour as thyself. 

On these two commandments hang all the law and 
the prophets. 

T) EARLY beloved! 

There is not a just man upon earth, that doeth 
good and sinneth not. Ecc. vii., 20. 

If we say we are perfect, it shall also prove us per- 
verse. Jobix.,20. 

But there is forgiveness with God. Psalm cxxx., 4. 

He hath raised up his Son Jesus, and sent him to 
bless us, in turning away every one of us from his ini- 
quities. Acts in., 26. 

By prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let 
our requests be made known unto God. Philip. iv. 3 6. 

Let us pray, 

Q ALMIGHTY God I Lord of heaven and earth, we 
humble ourselves before thy Divine Majesty. Thou 
art God over all, the Supreme, the Eternal. Thou didst 



Second.] SERVICE FOR DAYS OF PUBLIC HUMILIATION. 51 

make the heavens, and all the hosts thereof; the earth, 
and all that therein is. Thou givest life to all things ; 
and the army of heaven boweth down before thee. Thy 
majesty is incomprehensible ; thy greatness infinitely 
above our thoughts and our praises. But thy goodness 
is over all thy works, and we offer unto thee our thanks 
for the manifold blessings thou hast vouchsafed to us, 
even unto this day. 

O Lord ! we are crowned with thy favours ; and the 
testimonies of thy loving kindness are ever around us. 
Thou hast given us life ; and thy bountiful hand hath 
not ceased to provide all that is necessary, to enable us 
to pass our days in peace. But we praise thee, espe- 
cially, that thou hast blessed us with all spiritual bless- 
ings in Jesus Christ, and art willing to number us with 
those who have been ransomed by the blood of thy Son, 
and are called to inherit the glory of thy kingdom. 
Through thy great mercy, thou hast offered to all of us 
the means of salvation, furthering us by thy word, by 
the influence of thy Spirit, by the voice of thy servants, 
by thy bounties, thy chastisements, and thy continued 
help. Thou hast not rejected us in the midst of our 
iniquities ; we are this day engaged in thy worship ; 
and thou art still disposed to bless us. 

But we have abused thy mercies, O our God ! and 
have made them the occasions of transgressing. We 
have not served thee, even whilst receiving thy benefits. 
We have not walked in the light of thy Gospel, nor 
have we lived in a manner worthy of our vocation. 

O Lord ! we confess the multitude and greatness of 
our iniquities. Neither we, nor our rulers, nor our pas- 



52 SERVICE FOR DAYS OF PUBLIC HUMILIATION. [Part 

tors, nor the people, have been mindful of thy com- 
mandments, nor of the warnings vouchsafed unto us 
during the years of thy forbearance. O Lord ! the sins 
committed among us provoke thine anger. Impiety 
and indevotion, hypocrisy, blasphemy, and the profana- 
tion of thy holy name, of thy worship, and of thy laws ; 
injustice, violence and fraud ; hatred, dissensions, envy 
and evil speaking ; sensuality and intemperance ; pride, 
luxury, avarice, and the love of the world ; open trans- 
gressions, and secret sins ; the trespasses of the high, and 
the trespasses of the low ; all these sins, O God ! most 
righteous judge, all these sins pollute our country and 
its inhabitants, and justly kindle thine indignation and 
thy wrath. 

0 Lord ! thou art just, and we are wicked. To thee 
belongeth righteousness ; to us confusion of face. Thou 
mayest justly condemn us, and cast us away from thy 
presence ; but we confess our guilt, and humbly trust to 
the greatness of thy mercy. 

O God ! who desirest not the death of a sinner, but 
rather that he may turn from his wickedness and live ; 
who despisest not the prayers and sighs of such as call 
upon thee, hearken unto us, and to all who confess their 
faults. Give thy grace unto those who are penitent. 
Turn us unto thee, that, forsaking our sins and liv- 
ing in newness of life, we may be acceptable in thy 
sight. 

O Lord our God ! we ask these blessings through 
thine infinite goodness, in the name of thy Son, our 
Eedeemer, who hath taught us to pray unto thee, say- 
ing :— 



Second.] SERVICE FOR DAYS OF PUBLIC HUMILIATION. 53 

QUE Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy 
name ; thy kingdom come ; thy will be done on 
earth, as it is in heaven ; give us this day our daily 
bread ; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those 
who trespass against us ; and lead us not into tempta- 
tion ; but deliver us from evil : for thine is the kingdom, 
and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 

Then shall be read a Lesson from the Old Testament. 

Before reading the Lessons from the Old and New Testaments, 
the Minister shall announce the book and chapter ; and 
after reading them, shall use these words, Here endeth the 
First, or the Second Lesson. 

After the Lesson from the Old Testament, shall be sung the fol- 
lowing 

DOXOLOG Y. 

Or a Canticle, Psalm or Hymn, announced by the Minister. 

Here the People rise. 

Q. LORY be to G-od on high, and on earth peace, good 
will towards men. We praise thee, we bless thee, 
we worship thee, we glorify thee, we give thanks to thee 
for thy great glory, O Lord God, heavenly King, God 
the Father Almighty. 

O Lord, the only begotten Son, Jesus Christ ; O Lord 
! God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, who takest away 
j the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou, who 
I 



54 SERVICE FOR DAYS OF PUBLIC HUMILIATION. [Part 

takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. 
Thou, who takest away the sins of the world, receive our 
prayer. Thou, who sittest at the right hand of God the 
Father, have mercy upon us. 

For thou only art holy ; thou only art the Lord ; thou 
only, 0 Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art most high in 
the glory of God the Father. Amen. 

Then shall be read a Lesson from the New Testament. 

After which, may be sung a Psalm or Hymn. 

Then the Sermon, a Psalm or Hymn, and a Doxology. 

If any of the Prayers or Thanksgivings from Part III. are to 
be used, notice may be given here. 

Then the Minister shall say, 

Let us pray. 

Here introduce the Prayers or Thanksgivings from Part III., 
appropriate to the notice given. 

After which, the Prayer following, and a Benediction. 

Q LORD, our God ! Creator and Father of the human 
race ! who hast commanded that prayer and sup- 
plication be made for all mankind, we beseech thee that 
the light of thy holy Gospel may shine upon all nations 
and upon all men, who still sit in darkness, to the end 
that thy name, which is great and holy, may be known 
and glorified in all places ; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. 



Second.] SERVICE FOR DAYS OF PUBLIC HUMILIATION. 55 



We pray to thee, 0 God ! for the prosperity of the 
Church Universal. Guide it always by thy word and 
Spirit ; and suffer not the gates of hell to prevail against 
it. Deliver all Churches which suffer persecution. 
Take away, we beseech thee, the errors and dissensions 
which disturb thy people ; and unite them all in the 
bonds of truth, of godliness, and of peace. Vouchsafe thy 
blessing to the Churches of these states : preserve them 
from error and from vice ; remove from them ignorance 
and scandal ; and grant that peace, order and piety may 
prevail among them. O Lord ! be gracious unto this 
Church, and increase in us the knowledge and the fear of 
thy name. 

We commend to thy favour., O Godl all pastors and 
ministers, who have been ordained to lead thy flocks. 
Sanctify and endue plenteously with, thy gifts, those who 
exercise the holy ministry, and those who are preparing 
for it ; and send forth always faithful labourers into thy 
harvest. Grant success to the pious designs and holy 
efforts of all thy servants, who seek thy glory and 
the edification of thy church. Purify thy sanctuary, 
and rekindle the zeal of pastors and people ; that 
thy holy name may be more and more glorified among 
us. 

We offer also unto thee our prayers for all rulers and 
magistrates. Give them a knowledge of thyself, and 
inspire them with true zeal for thy glory and the good 
of thy church. We pray for thy blessing on the Presi- 
dent of these United States, and on all in authority over 
us. Guide them in the discharge of their respective 



58 SERVICE FOE DAYS OF PUBLIC HUMILIATION. [Part 



duties, and grant that they may have constantly in view 
the advancement of the public good. 

O God I continue to watch over our country, and to 
bless us. Withdraw not thy grace from the people of . 
these States. Turn away from us thy judgments, and 

I be favourable unto us, for the sake of thy holy name. 

We implore thy grace for all who are in tribulation. 

I I We commend, especially, to thy mercy all those who are 
I under the cross, and who suffer persecution for righteous- 
I ness' sake. Comfort and deliver them ; raise up those 
| who are fallen ; and strengthen all, that they may glorify 
| thee in life and in death . Pity and relieve all who are 
| troubled in mind, body, or 'estate. Grant them repent- 

i anee and resignation, and grace to make a right use of 
; their afflictions. 

Finally,, we beseech thee, O Lord ! to hear the 
! prayers, and accept the praises, which have this day 
! been offered up unto thee ; and give us, we pray thee, a 

due sense of all thy mercies, that we may show forth 
I thy praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives ; by 
i giving up ourselves to thy service, and by walking before 
; thee, in holiness and righteousness, all our clays ; through 

Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with thee and the Holy 

Ghost, be all honour and glory, world without end. 

Amen* 

BENEDICTIONS. 

^HE Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make 
his face shine upon you, and be gracious unto 



Second.] SERVICE FOR DAYS OF PUBLIC HUMILIATION* 57 

you. The Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and 
give you peace. Amen. Numb, vi., 24, 25, 26. 

^HE grace of our Lord* Jesus Christ, and the love of 
God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be 
with us all evermore. Amen. n. Cor., xiii., 14. 

jU Y brethren ! the end Jt^W things is at hand. Be 
ye therefore sober, aim watch unto prayer. L Peter, 

w.*l. 

The Lord be with you. Almighty God, the Father, 
the Son, and the Holy Ghost, bless and protect you. 
Amen. 



3* 



ItrnitB for ftop nf fttblir fforatogitfing. 



T^e Service may commence with a Canticle, Psalm or Hymn, 
announced by the Minister, mmutg which Minister and Peo- 
ple stand. 

Then the Minister shall say, 

Q UR help is in the name of the Lord, who made 
heaven and earth. Psalm cxxiv., 8. 

Here, and at the end of the several Prayers, the People answer, 

Amen. 

Then the Minister shall say, 

Let us pray. 

Q ALMIGHT Y God and heavenly Father ! we have 
come together on this day of public thanksgiving, 
to offer unto thee our praises and our prayers, and to 
hear thy holy word. Thou hast promised to hearken 
favourably unto all those who call upon thee in the 
name of thy Son. We, therefore, beseech thee to look 
down upon us in mercy, and to purify our thoughts and 
affections, that we may render unto thee an acceptable 
service; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. 



SERVICE FOR DAYS OF TH A NK S G IV I N Go 59 



Q GOD ! who hast given thy Holy Scriptures for our in- 
struction, we beseech thee to enlighten our minds and 
purify our hearts, that we may worthily read, hear, and 
meditate upon them, and may understand and receive, 
as we ought, the things which are therein revealed. 
Enable thy ministers to declare thy word with purity 
and clearness, wdth simplicity and zeal. Render their 
preaching effectual, through the influence of the Holy 
Spirit, so that the good seed may be received into our 
hearts, as into ground well prepared, and bring forth 
fruit in abundance. Grant that we may be not only 
hearers, but doers of thy word, and that, living con- 
formably with its divine instructions, during the time of 
our sojourning here, we may attain unto eternal salva- 
tion : through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Here may he sung a Psalm or Hymn- 
Then the Minister shall say, 

JJEAR with reverence the Ten Commandments of the 
Law of God,, as they are written in the 20th chap- 
: ter of the Book of Exodus. 

Here the People rise. 

Q OD spake all these words, saying, I am the Lord thy 
God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, 
i out of the house of bondage. 

i. 

Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 

it. 

Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or 
any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or 



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that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under 
the earth. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, 
nor serve them : for I, the Lord thy God, am a jealous 
God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the child- 
ren, unto the third and fourth generation of them that 
hate me ; and showing mercy unto thousands of them 
that love me, and keep my commandments. 

m# 

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God 
in vain : for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that 
taketh his name in vain. 

IV. 

Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six 
days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work ; but the 
seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God ; in it 
thou shalt not do any work ; thou, nor thy son, nor thy | 
daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor 
thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates : 
for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, 
and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day ; 
wherefore, the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hal- 
lowed it, 

v. 

Honour thy father and thy mother ; that thy days may 
be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 

VI. 

Thou shalt not kill. 

VII. 

Thou shalt not commit adultery. 

VIII. 

Thou shalt not steal. 



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IX. 

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neigh- 
bour. 

x. 

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house ; thou 
shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife ; nor his man-ser- 
vant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass ; nor 
any thing that is thy neighbour's. 

JJ EAR also what our Lord Jesus Christ saith, in the 22d 
chapter of the Gospel according to St. Matthew. 

^HOU shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, 
and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This 
is the first and great commandment. 

And the second is like unto it. Thou shalt love thy 
neighbour as thyself. 

On these two commandments hang all the law and 
the prophets. 

jQ EARLY beloved! 

If w 7 e say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, 
and the truth is not in us. I. John, i.,8. 

If God enter into judgment with us, in his sight shall 
no man living be justified. Psalm cxliii., "2. 

But there is forgiveness with him. Psalm cxxx., 4. 

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive 
us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 
/. John, i. y 9. 

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit ; a broken 
and a contrite heart he will not despise. Psalm li., 17. 



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Him that corneth unto me, saith the Lord, I will in 
no wise cast out. St. John 37. 

Let us, therefore, humbly confess our sins. 

0 LORD God ! Eternal and Almighty Father ! we 
confess before thy Divine Majesty that we are mise- 
rable sinners, born in corruption and iniquity, prone to 
efil, and of ourselves incapable of any good. We 
acknowledge that we transgress, in various ways, thy 
holy commandments, so that we draw down on our- 
selves, through thy righteous judgment, condemnation 
and death. We are, O Lord ! under heartfelt sorrow 
for having offended thee ; and we implore thy grace to 
relieve our wretchedness. Vouchsafe, O most gracious 
God and merciful Father ! to have compassion on us, in 
the name of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Pardon 
our sins, give us the graces of the Holy Spirit, and 
increase them day by day ; to the end, that heartily 
acknowledging our unworthiness, and forsaking our sins, 
we may be filled with that godly sorrow which worketh 
repentance unto salvation, and may bring forth fruits of 
righteousness acceptable to thee ; through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen, 

QUR Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy 
name ; thy kingdom come ; thy will be done on 
earth, as it is in heaven ; give us this day our daily 
bread ; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those 
who trespass against us ; and lead us not into tempta- 
tion; but deliver us from evil : for thine is the kingdom, 
and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 



Second.] SERVICE FOR DAYS OF THANKSGIVING. 63 
Then shall be read a Lesson from the Old Testament. 

After which, shall be sung the following 

DOXOLOGY. 

Or a Canticle, Psalm or Hymn, announced by the Minister. 

Here the People rise. 

Q.LOEY be to God on high, and on earth peace, good 
will towards men. We praise thee, we bless thee, 
we worship thee, we glorify thee, we give thanks to thee 
for thy great glory, 0 Lord God, heavenly King, God 
the Father Almighty. 

O Lord, the only begotten Son, Jesus Christ ; O Lord 
God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that takest away 
the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou, that 
takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. 
Thou, that takest away the sins of the world, receive our 
prayer. Thou that sittest at the right hand of God the 
Father, have mercy upon us. 

For thou only art holy ; thou only art the Lord ; thou 
only, O Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art most high in 
the glory of God the Father. Amen. 

Then shall be read a Lesson from the New Testament. 

If any of the Prayers or Thanksgivings from Part III. are to 
be used, notice may be given here. 

Then the Minister shall say, 



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Let us pray. 

Here introduce the Prayers or Thanksgivings from Part III., 
appropriate to the notice given. 

After which, as follows. 

Q GOD ! of infinite wisdom, power and goodness, we 
acknowledge thee as the Creator of all things in 
the heavens above, in the earth beneath, and in the 
paths of the sea. We adore thee for the grandeur and 
beauty of all thy works. We adore thy loving kindness, 
in having made them subservient to the wants and hap- 
piness of thy children. What is man, that thou art 
mindful of him, and the son of man, that thou visitest 
him ! Thou hast given him dominion over the fish of 
the sea, and over the fowls of the air, and over every 
living thing that moveth upon the earth. Thou hast 
given to him for meat every moving thing that liveth, 
and every herb yielding seed, and every fruit tree yield- 
ing fruit, after its kind. Thou hast crowned us with 
mercy and loving kindness. 

We adore thee for thy gracious promise of old, 
that while the earth remaineth, seed time and har- 
vest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, 
and day and night, shall not cease. Thou visitest 
the earth and blessest it. Thou sendest the springs 
into the valleys which run among the hills. Thou 
causest the grass to grow for all cattle, and herb 
for the service of man, that he may bring forth 
food out of the earth. Tbou makest the furrows of the 
field soft with showers ; thou blessest the springing 



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thereof. The pastures are clothed with flocks ; the val- 
leys also are covered over with corn ; they shout for joy. 
Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ; thy clouds 
drop fatness ; they drop upon the pastures of the wilder- 
ness, and the little hills rejoice on every side. O Lord ! 
how manifold are thy works ! in wisdom hast thou made 
them all. 

We would adore thee, O God ! not only in the riches 
of thy bounty and compassion, but in thy righteous 
judgments. Thou openest thine hand, and we are filled 
with good ; thou hidest thy face, and we are troubled. 
But we know, O God ! that in thy wrath thou remem- 
berest mercy ; and we acknowledge thy long-suffering 
and thy loving kindness. Give us grace to believe and 
feel, that whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth ; and 
make us ever ready to offer unto thee, in spirit and in 
truth, the prayer of the holy prophet : Although the 
fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the 
vines, the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields 
shall yield no meat ; the flock shall be cut off from the 
fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls ; yet we 
will rejoice in the Lord, we will joy in the God of our 
salvation. 

For ourselves and our country, O gracious God ! we 
thank thee, that notwithstanding our manifold transgres- 
sions of thy holy laws, thou hast so constantly done 
good to us ; that thou hast given us rain from heaven, 
and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and 
gladness. These have been among the witnesses of thy 
great goodness, for they certify of thee that thou art the 



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living God. Teach us to believe with a strong faith, 
that thou art Lord of the seasons ; that thou biddest the 
earth to bring forth, and it obeyeth thee. Accept our 
thanksgivings for all the blessings of the year now draw- 
ing to a close ; fill our hearts with humility and love, 
with gratitude and trust ; continue thy loving kindness 
to us, and assist us to show forth the fruits of grace, in 
a sincere obedience to his will, through whom all bless- 
ings are vouchsafed, thy Son our Saviour, Jesus Christ. 
Amen. 

Here may he sung a Psalm or Hymn. 
Then the Sermon, a Psalm or Hymn, and a Doxology. 
After which, the following Prayer and a Benediction. 
Let us pray. 

Q LOED our God ! Creator and Father of the human 
race, who hast commanded that prayer and sup- 
plication be made for all mankind, we beseech thee that 
the light of the holy Gospel may shine upon all nations 
and upon all men, who still sit in darkness, to the end 
that thy name, which is great and holy, may be known 
and glorified in all places, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

We pray to thee, O Lord ! for the prosperity of the 
Church Universal. Guide it always by thy word and 
Spirit, and suffer not the gates of hell to prevail against 
it. Deliver all Churches which suffer persecution. Take 
away, we beseech thee, the errors and dissensions which 
disturb thy people ; and unite them all in the bonds 
of truth, of godliness, and of peace. Vouchsafe thy 
blessing to the Churches of these States ; preserve them 



Second.] SERVICE FOR DAYS OF THANKSGIVING. 67 

from error and from vice ; remove from them ignorance 
and scandal ; and grant that peace, order and piety may 
prevail among them. O Lord ! be gracious unto this 
Church, and increase in us the knowledge and the fear 
of thy name. 

We commend to thy favour, O God ! all pastors and 
ministers, who have been ordained to lead thy flocks. 
Sanctify and endue plenteously with thy gifts, those who 
exercise the holy ministry, and those who are preparing 
for it ; and send forth always faithful labourers into thy 
harvest. Grant success to the pious designs and holy 
efforts of all thy servants, who seek thy glory and the 
edification of thy church. Purify thy sanctuary, and 
rekindle the zeal of pastors and people ; that thy holy 
name may be more and more glorified among us. 

We offer also unto thee our prayers for all rulers and 
magistrates. Give them a knowledge of thyself, and 
inspire them with true zeal for thy glory and the good 
of thy church. We pray for thy blessing on the Presi- 
dent of these United States, and on all in authority over 
us. Guide them in the discharge of their respective 
duties, and grant that they may have constantly in 
view the advancement of the public good. 

0 God ! continue to watch over our country, and to 
bless us. Withdraw not thy grace from the people of 
these States. Turn away from us thy judgments, and 
be favourable unto us, for the sake of thy holy name. 

We implore thy grace for all who are in tribulation. 
We commend, especially, to thy mercy all those who are 
under the cross, and who suffer persecution for righteous- 



68 SERVICE FOR DAYS OF THANKSGIVING. 



ness' sake. Comfort and deliver thern ; raise up those 
who are fallen ; and strengthen all, that they may glorify 
thee in life and in death. Pity and relieve all who are 
troubled in mind, body, or estate. Grant them repent- 
ance and resignation, and grace to make a right use of j 
their afflictions. 

Finally, we beseech thee, O Lord! to hear the 
prayers, and accept the praises, which have this day 
been offered up unto thee ; and give us, we pray thee, 
a due sense of all thy mercies, that we may show forth 
thy praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives ; by 
giving up ourselves to thy service, and by walking before 
thee in holiness and righteousness all our days ; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with thee and the Holy 
Ghost, be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen. 

BENEDICTIONS. 
^ HE Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make 
his face to shine upon you, and be gracious unto 
you. The Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and 
give you peace. Amen. Numhers, m. s 24, 25,26. 

^ HE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, 
and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with us 
all evermore. Amen. II Cor., xiii., 14. 

Y brethren ! the end of all things is at hand. Be 
ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. L Peter, 

iv., 7. 

The Lord be with you. Almighty God, the Father, 
the Sou, and the Holy Ghost, bless and protect you. 
Amen. 



PART TRIED, 



SECTION FIRST. 

'^uvpw far ItitiA tosto; 

TO BE USED AS PART OF THE MORNING SERVICE. 



For the Day nf the Nativity. 

(J ALMIGHTY God ! merciful Father ! it is our duty 
to bless thee, and to give thee thanks at all times, 
but more especially on this day, when we commemorate 
the blessed nativity of Jesus Christ, our Redeemer. 

Thou hadst promised to our first parents in Paradise, 
to send thy Son into the world. Thou hadst ordained 
his coming to be announced by the prophets ; and thou 
didst cause him to be born in the fulness of time. 
Thine eternal Son, who, from the beginning, was with 
thee, vouchsafed to take upon him our nature, and to 
become man ; so that he is very God and very man, 
our Immanuel, God with us. He who was in the form 
of God, took upon him the form of a servant. He par- 



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took, as children do, of our nature, even of flesh and 
blood. He was made like unto his brethren in all 
things, yet without sin, to the end that he might be a 
merciful high priest, to make reconciliation for our sins. 

How great is this mystery of godliness ! God mani- 
fest in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen of angels, 
preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, 
and received up into glory ! 

O God ! we believe and confess, to the praise of thy 
mercy, that it is through the coming of thy Son into 
the world that we do not perish eternally. May our 
prayers and thanksgivings, on this solemn occasion, be 
acceptable unto thee ! Favourably look upon thy peo- 
ple, who offer unto thee their supplications. Preserve 
thy church, which this day commemorates the Advent 
of the Redeemer, and celebrates thy praises. 

O God ! heavenly Father ! who didst send the angel 
Gabriel to announce the birth of thy Son, Jesus Christ, 
and didst cause him to be born of the holy Virgin, 
through the power of the Holy Spirit ; sanctify us by 
the same Spirit, that Christ may be formed in us, that 
he may live in us and dwell in us by faith, and that we 
may live only in him, and for him. 

O Lord ! who didst cause a miraculous splendour to 
shine around the shepherds, on the night in which thy 
Son came into the world, illumine our minds, we beseech 
thee, with thy celestial light. So assist us by thy grace, 
0 heavenly Father ! that we may live henceforth, even 
unto the end, as becometh those who believe that thy 
Son came to save them ; and may await with joy and 



Third.] PRAYERS FOR STATED OCCASIONS. 71 

I in peace, the glorious appearing of Jesus Christ; to 
whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be rendered 
honour and glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 



For the tivo Sundays during the Holy Days of the 
Nativity. 

Q GOD ! Creator of the world, Father of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, we lift up our hearts unto thee, we 
adore thy Majesty, we offer the humble sacrifice of praise 
and thanksgiving, more especially at this time, when so 
many of thy servants commemorate the nativity of 
their Redeemer. 

Through thy great love towards mankind, thou didst 
send thine only Son into the world. Thou didst ordain 
that he should be born on earth ; that there he should 
be subject to the infirmities of our nature ; and that he 
should offer up, on the cross, for the salvation of men, 
that same body with which he had come into the world. 

O Lord ! we acknowledge, with joy and thanksgiving, 
that by his birth, and by his sacrifice, all who serve thee 
faithfully are raised from death into life, and made heirs 
of thy kingdom. We therefore magnify thy name, and 
adore thy mercy. Let all the angels extol thy glory 
and thy goodness ! Let the sons of men proclaim thy 
great praise, and say, Glory be to God in the highest, 
on earth peace, good will towards men ! 



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Jesus ! Son of God ! we bless thee that thou madest 
thyself man to redeem us ; and we beseech thee to make 
us truly sensible of the efficacy of this redemption. 
Thou, who art the Son of the blessed God, the joy and 
glory of mankind, the Lamb of God which takest away 
the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou, who 
wast upon earth, subject to infirmity as we are ; who 
didst lay down thy life, and having taken it up again, 
art returned into the bosom and into the glory of thy 
Father in heaven, where thou sittest at his right hand, 
where the angels are subject unto thee, and where thou 
art preparing for us eternal habitations, favourably hear 
our prayers and receive our praises. Thou, who didst 
come to destroy the works of Satan, turn us from our 
iniquities. Thou, who wast born and didst live in lowli- 
ness, renouncing the pleasures and glory of the world, 
and submitting thyself even to the death of the cross, 
grant that we may despise the vanities and the deceitful 
riches of this mortal life, and may aspire only to that 
heavenly glory, and those everlasting treasures, which 
thou hast purchased for us. As thou hast so loved us, 
may we in like manner love thee, with all our heart, and 
may nothing ever separate us from thy love. 

0 God ! we believe that thy dear Son was born to 
raise us to life eternal. Make us rightly to comprehend 
that, having this faith and this hope, we ought to purify 
ourselves, even as he is pure. Enable us worthily to 
celebrate thy praise, and to rejoice in the expectation of 
the glory to be revealed in us. And when this mighty 
Saviour shall again appear, with power and glory, for 
the sake of those who await his coming unto salva- 



Third.] PRAYERS FOR STATED OCCASIONS. 73 

tion, may we be made like unto him in thy kingdom, 
where he liveth^ adored and glorified, through all eter- 
nity, Amen. 



For the First Day of the Year. 

0 ETERNAL and Almighty God ! we humble our- 
selves in thy presence, to dedicate unto thee the 
beginning of this year, by adoration, prayer and praise . 
We bow down before thy Supreme Majesty, and acknow- 
ledge with gratitude, the manifold blessings which thou 
hast freely bestowed upon us, through the whole course 
of our lives. We thank thee, that having preserved us 
to the present time, thou hast permitted us to enter 
upon a new year. 

Thou hast not ceased, 0 most gracious God ! to 
vouchsafe to us the abundance of thy loving kindness. 
But thou hast especially enriched us with thy spiritual 
blessings, by keeping in the midst of us the light of thy 
Gospel. Thou hast invited us to repentance, through 
thy mighty help, through thy great goodness, and 
through the warnings of thy word and of thy Spirit ; 
and hast mercifully granted unto all of us favourable 
opportunities to grow in grace, and to attain unto salva- 
tion. Receive, 0 God ! our praises and our thanksgiv- 
ings ; and, notwithstanding our unworthiness, for the 

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love of Jesus Christ, take not away from us thy protec- 
tion and thy favour. 

O Lord ! we would devote ourselves to thee, at the 
beginning of this year, desiring to employ it better than 
we have done the years which are past ; and to this end, 
we ask thy grace and thy blessing. 

And, since this day warns us, O merciful God f that 
our years pass away, give us grace seriously to consider 
that our end draweth nigh. Teach us so to discern the 
vanity of this life, that we may have an understanding 
heart ; that we may aspire to that better life, when days, 
and months, and years, shall be counted no more for- 
ever ; and that whilst we continue in the flesh, we may 
live no longer according to the desires thereof, but ac- 
cording to thy will. And grant, O God ! that when 
our years shall come to an end, and the day of our 
death shall arrive, we may depart in thy peace, and in 
the hope of life everlasting. Favourably near us, and 
receive our thanksgivings and supplications ; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



For Palm Sunday. 

J) LESSED Lord ! who, of thy tender mercy towards 
mankind, didst offer thyself upon the cross, a sacri- 
fice for sin ; grant that, through thy grace, we may offer 



Third.] PRAYERS FOR STATED OCCASIONS. 75 

unto thee our souls and bodies a living sacrifice, holy 
and acceptable unto thee, which is our reasonable service, 

Lord Jesus ! who didst enter into the city of Jerusa- 
lem amidst the acclamations and praises of the multi- 
tude and of thy disciples ; who spread their garments in 
the way, and accompanied thee bearing in their hands 
branches of palm trees ; give us grace to prepare thy 
way by all manner of good works, to bear before thee 
the fruits of righteousness, and to rejoice without ceasing 
in thy salvation. O Lord ! who wast well pleased to be 
praised by the children in the temple, crying aloud, 
Hosannah to the Son of David ! grant that, by imita- 
ting their innocence and simplicity, we may celebrate 
thy praises acceptably. And when thou shalt descend 
from heaven, at the last day, may we enter with thee 
into the heavenly Jerusalem, into the temple of thy 
glory, to praise thee and to bless thee forever. Amen. 



For the Bay of the Crucifixion. 

j^LMIGHTY God! we beseech thee to look favoura- 
bly upon thy people, for whom our Lord Jesus 
Christ was willing to be delivered into the hands 
of wicked men, and to suffer death upon the cross. 
Grant that, as thy blessed Son shed his blood an 
atonement for our sins, we may thereby obtain par- 



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don through thy mercy ; and that thus we may draw 
near unto thee with a true heart, in full assurance of 
faith, and be enabled to serve thee, the living God ; 
through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord. 

O gracious and merciful God ! who hast created all 
men, and hatest nothing which thou hast made ; we 
offer unto thee our humble and fervent prayers for the 
ignorant and unbelieving. May it please thee especially, 
in thy great mercy, to look upon the children of Israel, 
once thy chosen people, now rejected because of unbe- 
lief, but not forever ; and who still belong to thine elec- 
tion, for the sake of their fathers. Graciously hear the 
supplications of thy Church for their conversion, and 
remove from their hearts the veil of spiritual blindness 
and unbelief. O Lord Jesus ! who didst come to save 
the lost sheep of the house of Israel ; compassionate 
Redeemer ! who didst pray for those who crucified thee ; 
have pity on thine ancient people who still reject thee. 
Convert and bring back the remnant of Jacob ; to the 
end that, looking upon him whom they pierced, all 
Israel, according to thy promises, may be saved. 

Almighty God ! we implore thy great mercy in favour 
of the heathen. Give them the light of thy Gospel, that 
forsaking their unbelief, they may know and serve thee, 
the living and true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou 
hast sent. Turn all Mahometans and Infidels from the 
error of their ways. O Lord Jesus Christ ! the Great 
Shepherd of the flock, and Redeemer of the world, who 
didst lay down thy life for the salvation of all men ; 
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Third.] PRAYERS FOR STATED OCCASIONS. 77 

to the end that there maybe but one fold and one Shep- 
herd ; and that the fulness of the nations having eome 
into thy Church, every mouth may praise thee, and every 
tongue acknowledge thee to be Lord, to the glory of 
God, the Father. 

Favourably hear us, O Lord ! O Lamb of God ! 
who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon 
us, and receive our supplications and praises ; thou, who 
reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, One God, 
blessed forever. Amen. 



For the Bay of the Resurrection. 

Q GOD ! we thank thee for the privilege of commemo- 
rating, this day, the fulfilment of the work of our 
redemption. We bless thee for thy mercy towards 
mankind, in yielding to the death of the cross thy well 
beloved Son, in whom was no sin ; who was delivered 
up for our transgressions, and suffered for our iniquities; 
who gave his life an offering for sin, and who rose from 
the dead on the third day, as the great Shepherd of the 
flock. 

Christ, our Passover, hath been sacrificed for us ; 
Christ is risen from the dead ; he hath come forth from 
the tomb ; he hath conquered death, and liveth for ever 
and ever. The Stone which the builders rejected, hath 



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become the head of the corner. This is the Lord's 
doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes. This is the day 
which the Lord hath made. Blessed be the God and 
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to his 
abundant mercy, hath begotten us again unto a lively 
hope, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead; 
to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled, and that 
fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for us. Accept, O 
Almighty God ! the sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving 
which thy servants offer unto thee, on this day of the 
resurrection of their Eedeemer. 

O Lord ! who hast opened unto us the way to a bet- 
ter life, by this resurrection of thy blessed Son ; give us 
grace, that being risen with Christ, we may seek those 
things which are above, and not those which are on 
earth. May we live no more to ourselves, but to him 
who died and rose again for us ; to the end that, in the 
day of his last coming, we may be partakers of the 
resurrection of the just ; that our mortal bodies may 
put on immortality, and that we may be found worthy 
to obtain the happiness of the world to come, and life 
eternal ; through the same Jesus Christ, who liveth and 
reigneth with thee, God blessed and glorified for ever. 
Amen. 



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For the Day of the Ascension. 

Q LORD God Almighty ! we would now., especially, 
rejoice in thy holy presence, and bless thee for the 
ascension of Jesus Christ, our Saviour, who was taken 
up from earth into heaven. After thy Son had hum- 
bled himself, even to the death of the cross, thou didst 
highly exalt him, and hast given him a name which is 
above every name. Thou hast crowned him with glory 
and honour. Thou hast put all things under his feet, 
and hast made him to sit at the right hand of the Ma- 
jesty on high. 

O Lord Jesus Christ! thou hast entered into heaven. 
Prince of Peace 1 the everlasting gates have opened 
unto thee. Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. 
Thou art the King of Glory. Thou art supreme in 
power, both in heaven and on earth. Thou art ascend- 
ed to thy Father and our Father, to thy God and our 
God. Thou livest and reignest for ever and ever; and 
thou art able to save to the uttermost them who come 
unto God by thee. Thou hast entered into heaven as 
our forerunner. It is thy pleasure, that where thou art, 
there we should also be; and we believe that thou wilt 
come again, in like manner as thy Apostles saw thee 
ascend into heaven. We rejoice in thy triumph and 
thy glory. We beseech thee to make us partakers of 
the fruits of thine ascension, and to send down upon us 
from on high, thy Holy Spirit. Through thy death and 
ascension, thou hast opened heaven unto us. Suffer us 
not, by our ingratitude and our sins, to close it against 
us. Dispose us to seek the things which are above, 



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[Part 



where tliou sittest at tlie right hand of God ; arid by 
holy meditations and fervent desires, to raise our affec- 
tions towards heaven, tbj dwelling place. 

O Lord Jesus Christ ! who didst promise to thy dis- 
ciples, before thine ascension, that thou wo-uldst be with 
them, even unto the end of the w T orld ; dwell with us 
according to thy promise, whilst we are in this body 
deprived of thy presence ; to the end that, on the day of 
judgment, the day of thy last coming, we may hear with 
joy the voice of the Archangel ; that when raised from 
the dead, we may be taken up to meet thee in the air ; 
and may come to the heavenly Jerusalem, to the assem- 
bly of the first born, and of the just made perfect, to 
thee, the mediator of. the new covenant, and to God, 
thy Father and our Father; to whom belong glory and 
blessing, for ever and ever. Amen,. 



LMIGHTY God, Eternal Father! we praise thee 



and thank thee for all thy benefits, and, especially, 
for those which we commemorate at this time. We 
bless thee that thou hast redeemed us by thy Son, and 
that, after having exalted him to thy right hand, thou 
didst send down thy Holy Spirit upon the Apostles r and 
afterwards upon thy whole Church. May it please thee,. 
O Lord I graciously to receive our thanksgivings and our 



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Third.] PRAYERS FOR STATED OCCASIONS. 81 

praises for a gift so precious. Make us more and more 
sensible, of the efficacy of the blood which thy Son hath 
shed for us, and of the all-prevailing power of the Holy 
Spirit ; to the end, that we may persevere in the holy 
calling wherewith thou hast honoured us, and that we 
may glorify thee all the days of our lives. 

Spirit of Light and of Truth! lead us into all truth, 
enlighten our understandings, and dispel more and more 
the darkness thereof. Spirit of Prayer and of Suppli- 
cation ! teach us to pray a s we ought, and create in us 
such holy desires as we cannot express. Spirit of Pow- 
er ! sustain us always by thine influence, be with us in 
temptations, direct us by thy grace without ceasing, and 
lead us continually unto well doing. Spirit of Holiness ! 
sanctify our understandings and our hearts, purify our 
affections, and prepare us to do our duty, each in the 
vocation to which he is called. Spirit of Consolation ! 
dwell with us always, comfort us in affliction, fill us at 
all times with joy unspeakable and full of glory. Spirit 
of Peace ! give us gentle and charitable dispositions 
towards one another; give us that peace which the 
world can neither give nor take away. 

O Holy and Divine Spirit ! thou who didst descend 
upon the Apostles in cloven tongues, like as of fire, and 
didst bestow on them the gift of divers tongues ; kindle 
in our hearts a heavenly flame; inspire us with such fer- 
vent zeal as will lead us to glorify thee, and to edify 
our neighbour, by all holy conversation, and pious 
works. 

O God ! cast us not away from thy presence, and 

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82 PRAYERS FOR STATED OCCASIONS. [Part 

take not thy Holy Spirit from us. Suffer us riot to 
grieve or to quench this Holy Spirit. May he dwell 
continually in us, as in his Temple ! May he guide us 
during our sojourn on earth, and may we rejoice with- 
out ceasing in his divine consolations ! May we thus 
finish our course with joy ! May our mortal bodies be 
one day quickened by the Spirit ; and may we, at the 
last, be accounted worthy to enter into thy glory, there 
to render eternally praise and honour to the Father, to 
the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Amen. 



For the Preparatory Service before Communion Day. 

Q OUR God, and our Saviour ! we humble ourselves 
before thee, and thank thee for all thy mercies. We 
bless thee also, that thou dost graciously call us, though 
miserable sinners, to thy holy table, and to a participa- 
tion in the benefits which Jesus Christ hath purchased 
for us, by his death and resurrection. 

O Lord ! sanctify us, we beseech thee, by thy Spirit; 
for we are of ourselves unworthy to appear at thy holy 
communion. Give us grace so to comprehend this holy 
and venerable sacrament, and, above all, thine exceeding 
love, that w T e may come to thy table with dispositions 
acceptable unto thee. 

Produce in us, O God ! a deep conviction and a sin- 



Third.] PRAYERS FOR, STATED OCCASIONS ■» 83 

<3ere repentance of our sins, a tumble dependence on thy 
mercy, fervent gratitude for thine infinite love, and per- 
fect confidence in the merits of thy Son, our only conso- 
lation in life and death. Grant unto us, O God, a firm 
resolution to serve thee according to thy will, and so to 
order our lives as becometh those who renew their bap- 
tismal vow, and again bind themselves to thy service. 
Give us also grace to love one another, even as thou 
hast loved us ; and to forgive one another, in like man- 
ner as thou hast forgiven us. 

Lord Jesus ! supply in our hearts whatever is wanting 
to our preparation ; preserve us from the danger of eat- 
ing this bread and drinking this cup unworthily, and of 
thus rendering ourselves guilty of thy body and blood. 

O Lord God ! vouchsafe so to assist us by thy grace, 
that, now and at all times, we and thy whole church 
may commemorate, as we ought, the passion and love of 
thy Son. May Jesus Christ henceforth live in us ; and 
may we live in him, walking in newness of life, even to 
the end of our days, to the glory of thy holy name, and 
to our eternal salvation ; through the same Jesus Christ, 
our Lord. Amen, 



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A Prayer after Communion > 

Q OUR God, and our Father I Sovereign Lord and 
Ruler of all things, who art blessed in the heavens, 
who art seated between the cherubim ; thousands of 
thousands of angels continually worship before thee, 
celebrating thy glory and thy majesty, which fill the 
heavens and the earth. We praise thee, we magnify 
thy great mercy, and glorify thy name : for thy name is 
holy and glorious, greatly to be feared, and worthy to be 
exalted, now and forever, through Jesus Christ thy Son. 

We offer unto thee, O Lord I our thanksgivings and 
our praises, with humility and joy, for as much as thou 
hast vouchsafed to receive us, miserable sinners, at thy 
table, and to number us among thy servants, and the 
heirs of thy kingdom. We beseech thee, through the 
merits of thy Son and faith in his blood, that we may 
be partakers of the fruits of his sacrifice, which we have 
this day commemorated. Grant that we may obtain, 
through thy mercy, remission of our sins, a sense of thy 
love, that peace which the world neither giveth nor 
taketh away, and an entrance into thine everlasting 
kingdom. 

Send down upon us from heaven, thy Holy Spirit, to 
enlighten, to sanctify, to gladden our souls. May we, 
through the same Spirit quickening us more and more, 
serve thee with a pure conscience, love one another with 
sincerity of heart, walk in innocence, and keep ourselves 
unspotted from the world. 

So assist us, that whilst we are here in the body, 



Third.] PRAYERS FOR STATED OCCASIONS. 85 

| we may keep the covenant which we have this day 
I renewed, and may be faithful to thee even unto death. 
May this heavenly food which hath been provided for 
us at thy table, preserve and increase in us spiritual 
life, and destroy sin more and more in us. May we 
derive from this communion in the death of thy Son, 
I victory over temptation, perseverance in faith, a sure 
defence against our spiritual enemies, and a continual 
growth in charity, humility and patience, that being- 
enabled to lead a holy life, we may die the death of the 
righteous. 

Finally, we beseech thee, O most gracious God ! 
that as thou hast received us at this heavenly feast, 
prepared for us in thy church, we may be admitted, 
after our departure from this world, to the marriage 
feast of the Lamb, with all thy saints and all thine 
elect, in thy heavenly kingdom ; where thou wilt be all 
in all, where we shall be conformed to thy glorious 
image, and shall eternally praise the Father, the Son, 
and the Holy Ghost. Amen, 



SECTION SECOND. 

CWtats for Itafeit (Daasimis. 



THESE MAY BE SUBSTITUTED FOR THE CORRESPONDING 
PRAYERS IN SEC. I., OR MAY BE USED IN 
THE AFTERNOON SERVICE. 



For the Nativity. 

0 ALMIGHTY God ! who didst give thine only Son, 
to take upon him our nature, and be born of a 
virgin ; we implore thee to accept the praises which thy 
church offers unto thee, for this blessed nativity. Give 
us grace, that by a true faith, we may be partakers of 
the salvation which thy Son Jesus Christ brought into 
the world; and that, being ourselves regenerate and 
made thy children by adoption, we may serve thee in 
holiness and righteousness, all the days of our lives ; 
through the same Jesus Christ, thy beloved Son. Amen. 



COLLECTS FOR STATED OCCASIONS. 87 

For the- Day of the Nativity, 

0 ALMIGHTY God ! we thank thee that thou didst 
send thy Son, to be born of the Virgin, to the end, 
that becoming man, he might redeem us ; and that thou 
wilt send him a second time from heaven, to judge the 
world. Give us grace, that as we joyfully celebrate 
this day, the remembrance of the first coming of Jesus 
Christ, our Saviour, we may also appear before him, 
with gladness and a pure conscience, at the day of his 
second and last advent, when he will come in his glory, 
to judge the living and the dead. This we ask through 
the same Jesus Christ, thy Son, our Lord. Amen, 



For the Last Day of the Year, and for New-Years' 
Day, 

^LMIGHTY and most gracious God ! since we are to 
close the year with this day, {since we are this day 
beginning a neiv year,) we thank thee for all the mercies 
vouchsafed to us during the whole course of our lives, 
and especially during the year now ending (just 
closed.) We offer unto thee, O Lord ! the sacrifice of 
our praises, an£ we acknowledge, that through thy great 
goodness and help, we are enabled to pass our years in 
peace, although we have offended thee in various ways. 
Pardon, O merciful God ! all who sincerely repent of 



88 COLLECTS FOR STATED OCCASIONS. [Part 

their sins, and grant that, while our years are pass- 
ing away, we may employ, in the work of our salvation, 
the time thou mayest vouchsafe unto us ; pressing al- 
ways towards the end of our heavenly calling, even that 
blessed eternity, which Jesus Christ thy Son, our Lord, 
hath prepared for us. Amen. 



For the Day of the Crucifixion. 

^ LMIGHTY and everlasting God ! who, of thy tender 
love towards mankind, didst not spare thine only 
Son, but didst deliver him up to death, that he might 
ransom us from our sins ; give us grace, we beseech thee, 
so to keep in mind the sufferings and death of our Saviour, 
that, receiving this inestimable benefit with lively faith and 
sincere gratitude, we may obtain remission of all our 
sins. We pray thee also, that through the efficacy of 
his death, we may die unto sin, and live unto righteous- 
ness ; that we may be led to love one another, and to 
follow the example of j)atience which our blessed Ee- 
deemer hath set before us ; to the end that we may be 
made partakers of his resurrection ; through the same 
Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. 



Third.] COLLECTS FOR STATED OCCASIONS. 8'J 



For the Day of the Resurrection, 

Q GOD ! who diclst ordain that thine only Son should 
suffer death, should be buried and remain in the 
1 tomb until the third clay ; grant that we, who have been 
I baptized into his death, may be likewise buried with 
; him, by continually mortifying our corrupt affections. 
And as he rose from the dead, may we also rise in new- 
ness of life ; so that, by death and the grave, we may 
' pass to a joyful resurrection, through the merits of him 
I who died for our offences, and rose again for our justifi- 
cation. Amen, 



For the Day of the Ascension. 

Q ALMIGHTY God ! since Jesus Christ, thine only 
Son, hath ascended into heaven, we beseech thee, 
to give us grace to ascend thither in mind and in 
heart. We pray thee, likewise, not to leave us com- 
fortless, but that thou wouldst be pleased to send us thy 
Holy Spirit, to sanctify and to bless us, to lead and 
exalt us unto the place whither our Saviour Christ is 
gone before ; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the 
Hob 7 Ghost, One God, blessed forever. Amen, 



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[Part 



For the Bay of Pentecost, 

Q GOD ! who didst send thy Holy Spirit, on the day 
of Pentecost, to thy faithful people ; grant us the 
help of the same Spirit, to lead us into the way of truth 
and godliness, and to inspire us with sentiments of peace 
and charity ; to the end that we may evermore rejoice 
in thy holy consolations ; through the merits of Jesus 
Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in 
the unity of the same Spirit, One God, olessed forever. 
Amen, 



A Prayer before Communion, 

Jj^ TERNAL and Almighty God ! since we commemo- 
rate at this time the death of thy Son, in the 
celebration of the holy Supper, which he himself or- 
dained as a pledge of his love and a memorial of his 
sufferings, to ransom us from our sins ; we pray thee, 
favourably to look upon us, miserable sinners, who are 
unworthy to be partakers of these holy mysteries. 
Sanctify us, O Lord ! that we may serve thee accepta- 
bly, in showing forthwith faith and joy the death of our 
Saviour ; and may glorify thee by holy and useful lives ; 
through the same Jesus Christ. Amen. 



Third.] COLLECTS FOR STATED OCCASIONS. 91 

A Prayer after Communion. 

Q ALMIGHTY God ! we praise and thank thee, that 
m in thine abundant mercy, thou didst deliver up thy 
Son to the death of the cross; and that we have this 
day had the consolation of commemorating that death, 
in the holy Supper. O God ! we thank thee for a gift so 
precious. We extol thy mercy, and we pray to thee, 
that all of us, who have partaken of these holy myste- 
ries, may profit by the sufferings of our Redeemer ; and 
may obtain, through thy goodness, the pardon of our offen- 
ces, the graces of thy Spirit, the comfort of thy love, the 
light of thy peace, and, after this life, the glory of thy 
kingdom. Hear us, we beseech thee, in the name and 
for the sake of our merciful Redeemer, Jesus Christ. 
Amen. 



SECTIOX THIRD. 

(Drrnsimml ^rnijrrs rait cE'jjnnksginiirgH. 

TO BE USED EITHER IN THE MORNING OR AFTERNOON 
SERVICES. 



For a Person or Persons to be Ordained. 

Q GOD ! who Last established a visible church upon 
earth, and hast ordained a holy ministry and sa- 
craments therein ; Tve pray to thee, at this time especially, 
for light and help to our pastors. May they admit to j 
the sacred charge of preaching the Gospel, such persons 
only as are blameless in life, and pure, meek and fervent 
in spirit ! May they be deeply sensible how solemn the 
duty is. to choose wisely and discreetly, those whom 
they shall receive into that holy ministry. More espe- 
cially do we pray thee, at this time, to endue with thy 
Holy Spirit, and with heavenly gifts, orrr brother who is 
now to be ordained and dedicated to thy service. Sane- 



OCCASIONAL PRAYERS AND THANKSGIVINGS. 93 

tify him, to the end that, in purity of doctrine and ho- 
liness of life, he may serve thee faithfully, to the glory 
of thy holy name, and to the edification of thy church. 
Hear our prayer, 0 merciful Father ! in the name and 
for the sake of our compassionate High Priest and ado- 
rable Redeemer, Jesus Christ. Amen. 



For Pastors. 

^LMIGHTY God ! we pray thee for all the pastors 
of thy church. May they preach thy word with 
fidelity, firmness and humility. May they labour not in 
vain, to establish the indispensable obligation of the du- 
ties enjoined by our holy religion, and to make mani- 
fest their beauty and excellence. Enable them to set 
forth the motives which bind us to obey thee ; the helps 
which are offered ; and the rewards which await us. 
May they, as well by their example as by their preach- 
ing, prepare for thee a peculiar people, zealous of good 
works, Defend them, O Lord ! under the shadow of 
thy wings ; and guard them from the temptations of the 
world, and the devices of their spiritual enemies. Grant 
that they shun not to declare all the counsel of God ; 
and that, having testified the Gospel of thy grace, they 
may finish their course with joy, and the ministry which 
they have received of the Lord Jesus. Hear us, O God ! 
we beseech thee, for the sake of thy Son, our Saviour. 
Amen. 



94 OCCASIONAL PRAYERS AND THANKSGIVINGS. [Part 



For Missionaries. 

0 ALMIGHTY God ! who art the Father of all na- 
tions, and from whom cometh every good and per- 
fect gift ; who, in thy divine providence, hast appointed 
a ministry for thy church, with the command to teach 
all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, 
and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost ; we ask thy 
blessing on all missionaries throughout the world. Fill 
them, we pray thee, with zeal for thy church ; and ena- 
ble them to gather many lost sheep into the fold of the 
Kedeemer. Endue them with innocence of life, and 
meekness of spirit. Grant them a strong faith, lively 
hopes, and above all, godly love. Give the3i grace to 
declare the whole counsel of God ; to the glory of thy 
name; to the salvation of many, ready to perish; and 
to the advancement of thy Holy Church Universal. 
Hear us, we beseech thee, in the name and for the sake 
of the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of the 
world. Amen. 



For Bain. 

Q GOD ! heavenly Father ! who, by thy Son, Jesus 
Christ, hast promised to those who seek thy king- 
dom and its righteousness, all things necessary for their 



Third.] OCCASIONAL PRAYERS AND THANKSGIVINGS. 95 

bodily subsistence ; we beseech thee to hear our suppli- 
cations. Graciously send us rains and favourable sea- 
sons, that our hearts may be filled with joy, and that 
the earth may bring forth the fruits which are needful 
for us. O God ! who didst provide for thy people, du- 
ring forty years, in a barren and thirsty wilderness; com- 
mand, we pray thee, the clouds to drop fatness through 
all thy heritage ; and banish the drought from our bor- 
ders. Overwhelm us not, merciful Father, with thy 
chastisements, but spare us, good Lord ! and give us 
grace to praise and adore thee, through Jesus Christ, 
our Saviour. Amen. 



Or this. 

Q GOD ! heavenly Father ! who, by thy Son Jesus 
Christ, hast promised to those who seek thy king- 
dom all things needful to their temporal comfort; grant, 
we beseech thee, that our land may be speedily refreshed 
with rain, to the relief of our necessities, and to thy 
glory ; through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 
Amen. 



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Q LORD God Almighty ! we acknowledge that, through 
our transgressions, we are justly exposed to thy dis- 
pleasure. But we beseech thee to restrain thy righteous 
indignation, and to remember us in mercy. Withdraw 
from us the unusual rains wherewith we are visited. 
Vouchsafe to us favourable times for the growth and 
ingathering of the fruits of the earth, in their due sea- 
son. Give us grace so to profit by thy chastisements, 
that we may love and fear thee more, through all the 
residue of our sojourn upon earth. Hear us, O most 
merciful Father ! for Christ's sake. Amen. 



GOD ! heavenly Father ! who givest the former and 



the latter rain ; through whom the earth is fertile, 
the beasts of the field are nourished, and the fishes of 
the sea are multiplied ; who boldest in thy hand the 
season appointed for harvest ; amidst the abundance of 
all things, which thy loving kindness has provided, we 
have neglected to serve thee, and thou dost now recall 
us to repentance and obedience by dearth and famine. 
We acknowledge, O God ! that our sins have drawn 
upon us thine indignation. We cry unto thee, because 
the fountains of water fail. 0 Lord ! grant in mercy, 



For Fair Weather. 



In Times of Dearth and Famine. 




Third.] OCCASIONAL PRAYERS AND THANKSGIVINGS. 97 

that the heavens may answer to the earth. Give unto 
all things their due increase, that we, receiving at thy 
bounteous hand the blessings which thou hast withheld, 
may devote them to the comfort of the destitute, to our 
own benefit, and to thy glory. These favours we hum- 
bly ask, O gracious Father ! in the name of our com- 
passionate Bedeemer, Jesus Christ. Amen. 



GOD! the Lord of Hosts! vengeance belongeth 



unto thee ; thy power no creature can resist ; but 
in wrath thou rememberest mercy. O gracious Father ! 
restrain, we humbly beseech thee, the efforts of our ene- 
mies, and save us from the perils and evils of war. In- 
spire all who are high in authority over the nations, with 
dispositions to peace ; and grant that the whole earth 
may become as one family. May glory to God and good 
will to men prevail upon earth, that we and all people 
m'ay praise and serve thee, in all quietness. Hear, we 
beseech thee, our prayer, for the Redeemers sake. 
Amen. 



In Time of War, 



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98 OCCASIONAL PRAYERS AND THANKSGIVINGS. [Part 



In Time of great Sickness and Mortality. 

Q LORD ! we are consumed by thine anger, and by 
thy wrath are we troubled. Thou hast set our 
iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy 
countenance. Our days are passed in thy displeasure, 
and we spend our years as a tale that is told. Thou 
hast dealt justly with us, 0 Lord ! in all things, for we 
have not obeyed thee. Thou hast seen that our wick- 
edness was great, that the thoughts of our hearts were 
evil continually, and thou hast sent forth sickness and 
tribulation among us. The king of terrors is in the 
midst of us. O God ! remember mercy, and withdraw 
from our land this awful scourge. O ! say to this angel 
of death, it is enough, and of thy mercy spare us. But 
whatever the future may have in store for us, whether 
of good or of evil, give us grace to praise thy compas- 
sion with humility and fear, and to bless thy name for 
| ever and ever \ through Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen. 



For a Person expecting, or under, Sentence of Death. 

implore thy mercy, O most gracious God ! for 
the unhappy man in whose behalf our prayers 
are offered. O God ! who desirest that the greatest of 
sinners should turn from his wickedness and live ; we 
pray thee to seek this unfortunate prisoner, who, having 



Third.] OCCASIONAL PRAYERS AND THANKSGIVINGS, 99 



forsaken thee, hath been surprised in his iniquities, and 
i is about to suffer the punishment of the law, and to 
appear before thee. 

I 

O Lord Jesus ! Saviour and Redeemer of men, who 
didst graciously hear the prayers of a malefactor cruci- 
fied with thee ; have pity on this convict, now cast down 
in thy holy and awful presence ; give him repentance 
unto life ; and grant that the punishment which awaits 
him may be sanctified to the salvation of his soul. 

Hear, 0 God ! hear from heaven, thy dwelling place, 
the prayers he may offer to thee in his distress. Fa- 
vourably hear those who may intercede with thee, for 
him. If his body must suffer, may his spirit be saved 
I in the day of the Lord. Although he may not escape 
the judgment of men, grant that he fall not under that 
awful condemnation, which destroyeth both soul and 
body. 

These mercies, O Lord ! we ask in the name, and for 
the sake of thy compassionate Son, Jesus Christ, our 
Redeemer. Amen. 



For a Sick Person. 



J 1 A VOURABLY hear us, 0 Father of mercies ! while 
we implore thy compassion in behalf of the sick 
person, for whom our prayers are desired. Visit him 
with thine infinite goodness, and sanctify unto him thy 



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fatherly correction. May the sense of his danger 
strengthen his faith, and make his repentance the more 
sincere. Restore him, we humbly beseech thee, to the 
prayers of his family and of thy servants, who ask thy 
assistance, for the restoration of Ms health ; and grant 
that the residue of his life may be devoted to his salva- 
tion, and to thy glory. But if it shall seem to thee good 
to order otherwise, give liim grace to end his days in 
faith and hope, that he may dwell with thee in life ever- 
lasting; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



LMIGHTY and most merciful Father! in whose 



hands are the issues of life and death ; look down, 
we beseech thee, in compassion, upon the sick child, for 
whom our prayers are desired. If it be thy good plea- 
sure, deliver him from his bodily sickness, prolong his 
days upon earth, enable him to live in thy fear and to 
thy glory, and visit him with thy salvation. But if it 
please thee, O gracious God ! in thy wise providence, to 
take his soul at this time out of the world, receive him, 
we entreat thee, into those heavenly habitations, where 
the spirits of all who are in the Lord Jesus enjoy per- 
petual rest and felicity. Grant this, O Lord ! for the 
love of thv Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen. 



For a SicJc Child. 




Third.] OCCASIONAL PRAYERS AND THANKSGIVINGS. 101 

For a Person under Affliction. 

0 MERCIFUL God and heavenly Father ! who hast 
taught us, in thy holy word, that thou dost not 
willingly afflict the children of men ; look with pity, we 
beseech thee, on the sorrows of thy servant, for whom 
our prayers are desired. In thy wisdom, thou hast 
visited him with trouble, and hast brought distress upon 
him. Remember Mm, O Lord! in mercy. Sanctify 
thy fatherly correction • to him. Endue his soul with 
patience under his affliction, and with resignation to thy 
blessed will. Comfort him with a sense of thy good- 
ness, and give him peace ; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 



For a Person, or Persons, at Sea, or going to Sea. 

Q ETERNAL God ! who alone spreadest out the 
heavens, and rulest the raging of the sea ; we com- 
mend to thy almighty protection, thy servant, for whose 
preservation on the great deep our prayers are desired. 
Guard him, we beseech thee, from the dangers of the 
sea, from sickness, from the violence of enemies, and 
from every evil to which he may be exposed. Conduct 
him in safety to the haven where he would be, with a 
grateful sense of thy mercies ; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 



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THANKSGIVINGS. 



For Rain. 

Q GOD ! our heavenly Father ! who, by thy provi- 
dence, dost cause the former and the latter rain to 
descend upon the earth, that it may bring forth fruit for 
the use of man; we give thee humble thanks that it hath 
pleased thee favourably to hear our prayers ; and in our 
great necessity, to send us rain for the dry and thirsty 
earth. For this thy mercy, we bless thee, O God ! be- 
seeching thee to give us grace to receive all thy, gifts 
with thankfulness, and to use them according to thy 
will ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



For Fair Weather. 

Q LORD God ! we return thee our thanks, that thou 
hast been graciously pleased to hear our supplica- 
tions, and to withdraw from us the unusual rains, with 
which thou didst visit us. We thank thee that thou 



Third.] OCCASIONAL PRAYERS AND THANKSGIVINGS. 103 

hast comforted us in our calamity, by a change so ac- 
ceptable, and hast relieved our necessities. We praise 
thee, and we glorify thy holy name, for this testimony 
of thy fatherly love ; desiring thy grace, always to re- 
member thy goodness, and always to show forth our 
thankfulness, by obedience to thy koly will ; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



For Abundance. 

Q MOST merciful Father ! who hast graciously heard 
our prayers, and hast given us plenty instead of 
dearth ; we give thee our humble thanks for this thy 
bounty. We beseech thee to continue thy loving kind- 
ness unto us, that the earth may bring forth abundantly 
its fruits in their season. We bless thee, O Lord ! for 
these thy gifts, desiring to use them in thy fear, and in 
obedience to thy commandments; through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 



For Peace* 

^LMIGHTY God ! who art a tower of defence to all 
who put their trust in thee; we bless thee and give 
thee thanks, for our deliverance from the dangers which 



104 OCCASIONAL PRAYERS AND THANKSGIVINGS. [Part 



! threatened ns. O God I through whom men live in 
peace and concord ; who only art able to calm the storms 
which disturb the tranquillity of our race ; we return 
thee most humble thanks, that thou hast been pleased 
favourably to hear our supplications, and to give us 
peace. We praise thee, O Lord ! for this thy mercy. 
Grant that the blessing thus graciously vouchsafed to us 
may be permanent. Above all, we beseech thee to give 
us that peace which the world cannot give, even thy 
peace ; which passetk all understanding, and which 
keepeth our hearts and minds in Jesus Christ; in whose 
name, we offer up our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiv- 
ing. Amen* 



For Deliverance from great Sickness and Mortality. 

Q FATHER of Mercies : we humbly acknowledge that, 
through the multitude of our transgressions, and 
the hardness of our hearts, we might have been justly 
visited with all the judgments which thou hast de- 
nounced against sinners. But thou hast been graciously 
pleased, in thine infinite compassion, favourably to hear 
our prayers, and regard our imperfect humiliation. Thou 
hast withdrawn from us- the grievous sickness which 
afflicted us. For this thy mercy, O Lord I we bless 
thee, and desire to present unto thee our bodies and our 
souls, a living sacrifice. Accept our thanksgivings ; and 
enable us to live in love and fear of thee, and in obe- 



Third.] OCCASIONAL PRAYERS AND THANKSGIVINGS. 105 

dience to thy commandments. Hear us, 0 compassion- 
ate Father ! in the name and for the sake of thy Son, 
Jesus Christ. Amen* 



For Recovery from Sickness, 

Q GOD of all compassion ! receive our humble thanks 
for thy mercy, vouchsafed to thy servant, who now 
desires to praise and bless thee for the restoration of his 
health. Thou knowest our frame, and rememberest 
that we are dust ; and thou hast manifested towards him 
thy loving kindness and tender mercies. We beseech 
thee, O gracious God ! to impress his heart with a grate- 
ful sense of thy goodness ; that he may, henceforth, love 
thee more and more purely, and serve thee more and 
more faithfully ; so that, having lived acceptably to thee 
in this life, he may be partaker of thy glory in the life 
to come ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



For Recovery of a Sick Child. 

Q GOD ! who art the giver of life, and the author of 

health unto all mankind ; to thy providence we owe 

5* 



106 OCCASIONAL PRAYERS AND THANKSGIVINGS. [Part 

our preservation from day to day. It is of thy merciful 
goodness that the sick child, in whose behalf we ap- 
proach thee, hath been graciously spared and restored. 
We unite with those whom thou hast ordained to be 
his guardians and friends, in returning our humble and 
hearty thanks for this manifestation of thy loving kind- 
ness. May they be deeply sensible of thy great com- 
passion ; and may the child thou hast given back to 
them be a subject of thy grace, and an example of god- 
liness and virtue, so long as he may live ; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 



For a Safe Return from Sea. 

j|£OST gracious God! whose mercy is over all thy 
works ; we praise thy holy name, that thou hast 
been pleased to conduct in safety, through the perils of 
the great deep, thy servant, in whose behalf we desire 
to return our thanks unto thee. Grant that he may be 
duly sensible of thy merciful providence towards him; 
and that he may also express his thankfulness by a holy 
trust in thee, and by a willing obedience to thy laws ; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



Third.] OCCASIONAL PRAYERS AND THANKSGIVING. 107 

For Deliverance in Time of Anxiety and Danger, 

Q ALMIGHTY God ! thou hast been graciously pleased . 

to preserve, amidst th^ anxiety and danger to which 
he hath been exposed, thy servant, in whose behalf we 
now desire to offer our praises unto thee. For this thy 
gracious deliverance, most merciful Father ! we give 
thee humble thanks. And we beseech thee to grant 
that, through thy help, he may live according to thy 
holy will in this life, and may be partaker of everlasting 
glory, in the life to come", through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amep^ 



SECTION FOURTH, 

(Cmttlidtrag % Wftt& 



For Purity of Heart and Life. 



LMlGHTY Father ! who hast given thine only Son 



to die for our sins, and to rise again for our justifi- 
cation ; cleanse us, we beseech thee, from the old leaven 
of malice, and of uncharitableness, that we may serve 
thee with singleness of heart and purity of life ; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen, 



For Divine Compassion and Blessing. 



knowest our necessities before we ask, and our ig- 
norance in asking ; we beseech thee to have compassion 





fountain of all wisdom, who 



CONCLUDING PRAYERS. 109 

on our infirmities ; and those things which, for our 
| unworthiness we dare not, and for our blindness we 
cannot ask, vouchsafe to give us ; through the merits of 
thy Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. 



For Grace, Mercy and Direction. 

Q GOD ! the protector of all who trust in thee, with- 
out whom we have neither strength, nor faith, nor 
holiness of life ; we beseech thee to increase thy grace 
in our hearts, and to multiply thy blessings upon us. 
Vouchsafe to be our ruler and our guide, that we may 
so pass through things temporal, as not to lose things 
eternal. Grant this, O heavenly Father ! for the sake 
of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. 



For Profitable Meditation, on the Works of Creation 
and Redemption. 

0 ALMIGHTY God ! who didst create in six days, 
the heavens and the earth, and all that is therein, 
and didst rest on the seventh day; and hast created a 
new heaven and a new earth, by the ransom of the 



110 CONCLUDING PRAYERS. [Part 

world, through Jesus Christ ; give us grace so to medi- 
tate on the wonders of creation and redemption, that, 
knowing and adoring thee more and more, we may 
rejoice continually in thy marvellous works ; and may 
enter one day into that eternal rest, which thou hast 
prepared for them that love thee ; through Jesus Christ 
our Redeemer. Amen. 



For Grace and Life. 

Q GOD ! who desirest not the death of a sinner, but 
rather that he would turn from his wickedness and 
live ; who despisest not the prayers and sighs of such as 
call upon thee ; hearken unto us, and to all who confess 
their faults. Give thy grace unto those who are peni- 
tent. Turn us unto thee, that, forsaking our sins and 
living in newness of life, we may be acceptable in thy 
sight. Grant this, for the love of thy Son, Jesus Christ. 
Amen. 



For Christian Love. 

Q GOD ! who art the common Father of all mankind; 

and who hast taught us, that, although we speak 
with the tongues of men and of angels, and have all 



Third.] CONCLUDING PRAYERS, 111 

knowledge and all faith, and have not charity, we are 
nothing ; we bless thee, that thou hast shown unto us 
this most excellent gift. We acknowledge, that, through 
our sinfulness and insufficiency, we fail continually in 
love to thee and to our fellow men. Endue us with 
grace to understand and believe, that charity suffereth 
long, and is kind ; that charity envieth not, vaunteth 
not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself un- 
seemly ; seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, 
thinketh no evil, rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth 
in the truth ; beareth all things, hopeth all things, endu- 
re th all things. We beseech thee, O most compassion- 
ate Father ! so to assist us in following the example of 
thy blessed Son, that we may experience in our hearts, 
and show forth in our lives, this grace ; to the end that, 
whether we live or die, we may glorify thee in love ; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



For a Blessing on the Services of the Day. 

^LMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father! it is of thy 
great goodness that we enjoy the precious advan- 
tages, of which so many are destitute. We have of- 
fended thee by our ingratitude, by our abuse of the 
privilege which thou hast vouchsafed to us, of knowing 
and serving thee ; and thou mightest justly have removed 
the light of thy word from among us. O God ! we 
adore thee for thy mercies ; and we beseech thee, in 
thine infinite compassion, not to withdraw thy grace, but 



112 



CONCLUDING PRATERS. 



[Part 



to sanctity us more and more, that we may serve thee 
with, renewed zeal, all the clays of our lives ; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



LMIGHTY God ! bless, we beseech thee, the in- 



structions of holy Scripture which we have heard 
this day, and all the services of thy sanctuary ; that our 
hearts may be inclined to love and to fear thee ; that we 
may serve thee faithfully, whilst we live ; and that, hav- 
ing profited by the means and opportunities afforded for 
our salvation during this life, we may be received into 
the temple of thy glory, to praise thee forever, in the 
assembly of the saints ; through Jesus Christ our Lord, 
in whose name we offer up our prayers. Amen. 



ALMIGHTY and merciful God ! the source of all 



good, and the author of every perfect gift ; we bless 
thee that we have been enabled, at this time, to meditate 
on the wholesome truths which thou hast revealed to us 
in thy word. Give us grace, we beseech thee, to profit 
by the instructions we have heard. So graft them in 
our hearts, that, being more and more strengthened in 
faith, we may serve thee with a pure conscience during 
the rest of our lives. Increase. O Lord ! in our children, 



Another. 




Another. 



Third.] 



CONCLUDING PRAYERS. 



113 



in our young people, and in all the members of this 
church, a knowledge of thee, and the fear of thy name. 
Grant, that "being steadfast in obedience, and faithful 
even unto death, w*e may obtain, through thy mercy, 
that blessed and eternal life to which we are called ; 
through Jesus Christ, thy Son, our Saviour. Amen. 



Another. 

LMIGHTY God ! who hast graciously promised to 
hear the supplications of those who ask in thy 
Son's name ; we beseech thee, to accept the service and 
the prayers which we have now offered unto thee. May 
those things which w 7 e have faithfully asked, according 
to thy will, be effectually obtained, for the relief of our ne- 
cessities, and to the advancement of thy glory ; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



' Another. 

^ LMIGHTY God ! who hast given us grace, at this 
time, with one accord, to make our common sup- 
plications unto thee ; and hast promised that when two 
or three are gathered together in thy name, thou wilt 
| grant their requests ; fulfil now, O Lord ! the desires and 
j petitions of thy servants, as may be most expedient for 
| us, granting us in this world, knowledge of thy truth, 
and in the world to come, life everlasting ; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 



114 



CONCLUDING PRAYERS. 



For the Afternoon. 

[Taken from the Week Day Service, at page 35 ; to be used, on other occasions, 
with any of the Concluding Prayers.] 

Q ETERNAL and Almighty God ! by whose gracious 
providence we have been preserved this day ; pro- 
tect us, we beseech thee, during the night. Preserve us 
from sin and danger ; and give us grace to serve thee, 
at all times, in thankfulness. O Lord ! we commit our- 
selves to thy care. Conduct us whilst awake ; guard us 
whilst w T e sleep ; so that, by clay or by night, we may 
be always with thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 



Another. 

[Taken from the Week Day Service, at page 44 ; to be used as the preceding 
Prayer.] 

Q LORD ! watch over us, and, through thy great mer- 
cy, defend our souls and bodies from all danger 
during the coming night ; for the love of thine only 
Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen. 



SECTION FIFTH. 



jPumiltf $rmpm 



Morning Prayer. 

0 ALMIGHTY God ! our Father and Preserver ! we 
thank thee for thy watchful providence over us 
during the past night. Grant that, with a due sense of 
thy mercy, in bringing us safely to the beginning of this 
day, we may employ it acceptably to thee, by a willing 
obedience to thy commandment, of love to thee and to 
our neighbour. As thou sendest forth thy sun to shine 
upon the earth, a light to our paths ; grant us thy Holy 
Spirit, to enlighten our understandings, and lead us into 
the ways of righteousness. 

O God, our heavenly Father ! be with us, we beseech 
thee, in all our employments ; make it our concern to walk 
in thy fear, and to conform to thy will. Assist us to look 
to thy blessing on our labours, as the source of all our 
prosperity ; and grant, that while we labour for things 
temporal, we neglect not things eternal. 



116 FAMILY PRAYERS. [Part 

O merciful Father! our Preserver and Protector! 
guard us both in our bodies and our souls ; strengthen us 
against all the temptations of our spiritual enemies ; and 
deliver us from every danger to which we may be ex- 
posed. 

Axd, for as much as it availeth nothing, to begin ac- 
ceptably to thee, if we persevere not unto the end, 
vouchsafe, O gracious God ! to receive us into thy holy 
keeping, not only this day, but through all the days of 
our lives. Increase in us, continually, thy saving grace, 
that we may enter into thy kingdom of eternal bliss and 
glory; through our Redeemer, Jesus Christ, the only 
Sun of Righteousness to our souls, to enlighten them by 
day 'and by night, forever. 

And, to the end that we may obtain these favours at 
thy hand, vouchsafe to us repentance and remission of 
our sins, according to thy gracious promises. Hear us, 
O Father! through our Lord Jesus Christ, in whose 
name we pray to thee, as he hath taught us, saying : 

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy 
name ; thy kingdom come ; thy will be done on earth, 
as it is in heaven ; give us this day our daily bread ; and 
forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who tres- 
pass against us ; and lead us not into temptation ; but 
deliver us from evil : for thine is the kingdom, and the 
power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 



Third.] 



FAMILY PRAYERS. 



117 



Evening Prayer. 

Q LORD ! our God and our Father ! by whose gra- 
cious care we have been preserved during the past 
day ; receive, we beseech thee, our evening sacrifice of 
praise and prayer. We bless thee, for our reason, and 
all other endowments and faculties of soul and body • 
for our health and friends ; for food and raiment, and 
all other comforts and conveniences of life. But, above 
all, we bless thee, that thou hast vouchsafed to us a 
knowledge of thyself, and hast ordained us to be bom 
into thy church. Suffer us not to be ungrateful for such 
precious favours. Grant that we may meditate thereon 
by day and by night, and that our gratitude may be 
manifest in our lives. 

We confess, O Lord God ! our sins, negligences, and 
ignorances ; and we humbly beseech thee, to give us 
repentance and forgiveness ; and a firm trust in the sa- 
crifice of our blessed Redeemer. And since, O Lord! 
we are, of ourselves, incapable of any good, grant us, 
for his sake, the aid of thy Holy Spirit. 

O God ! guard us, we beseech thee, this night ; without 
thy care we cannot subsist for a single moment. May 
our minds be stayed on thee in perfect peace. May our 
strength, both of mind and body, be renewed by re- 
freshing sleep ; and may we awake on the morrow, full 
of thankfulness for thy mercies, and with holy purpose 
to live according to thy will. 

We also beseech thee, O God ! to dispose us, as we lie 
down in our beds, to think of that day when our bodies 

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i 1 8 FAMILY PRAYERS. 

shall be laid in the grave, and our spirits shall appear be- 
fore thee. Teach us to prepare for death, that it come not 
unawares ; and may we always live, as knowing that we 
have to die. 

Almighty and merciful God ! continue, we pray thee, 
thy grace unto thy church ; may it never be deprived of 
thy light. Bless the rulers of our country ; and all pas- 
tors and teachers. Watch over our relatives, our friends, 
and our neighbours. Give knowledge of thy truth to 
all people ; succour the poor ; comfort the afflicted ; and 
promote peace and good will among all men. We be- 
seech thee to hear us, in the name of thy Son, who 
hath taught us to pray, saying : 

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy 
name ; thy kingdom come ; thy will be done on earth, 
as it is in heaven ; give us this day our daily bread ; 
and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who 
trespass against us ; and lead us not into temptation ; 
but deliver us from evil : for thine is the kingdom, and 
the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 



I 



PART FOURTH. 



SECTION FIRST. 

'% jtitttrgif nf baptism ml €mfo\u\im. 



BAPTISM. 



The Minister shall commence the Service with the following Sen- 
* . tence. 

QUE help is in the name of the Lord, who made 
heaven and earth. Psalm cxxiv., 8. 

The Minister shall then ask the Parents and Sponsors, 

O you offer this child to God and to his holy church, 
requiring that he should be baptized ? 

They shall answer, 

Yes. 



120 THE LITURGY OF BAPTISM. [Part 

Then the Minister shall say, 

HE Apostle St. Paul exhorteth, that prayers be made 
for all mankind : for this is good and acceptable in 
the sight of God ; who will have all men to be saved, 
and to come unto the knowledge of the truth, through 
Jesus Christ ; who gave himself a ransom for all. 

Since then, we should pray for others, let us pray for 
this child, humbly, and with all our hearts. 

^LMIGHTY God! Eternal Father! who hast pro- 
mised us. through thy goodness, to be our God, 
and the God of our children, as thou wert the God of 
Abraham, and of his children ; we pray thee, to receive 
this child into the covenant of thy mercy, and to make 
him a partaker of thy grace ; to the end that, when he 
shall have come to the age of discretion, he may adore 
and serve thee only, and may live and die in thee ; so 
that the baptism through which we receive him into thy 
holy church, may not have been administered to him in 
vain, but that he may be truly baptized into the death 
of thy Son, and into newness of Hfe acceptable to thee; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Then shall the Minister say, v 

JJEAR ye the Gospel which teacheth us the love of 
Christ, our Saviour, towards children. 

St. Mark, x n 13-1 G. 

j^ND they brought young children to him, that he 
should touch them : and his disciples rebuked those 
that brought them. But when Jesus saw it he was 



Fourth.] THE LITURGY OF BAPTISM FOR CHILDREN. 121 

much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little 
children to come unto me, and forbid them not ; for of 
such is the kingdom of God. Verily, I say unto you, 
whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a 
little child, he shall not enter therein. And he took 
them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, &nd 
blessed them. 

The Minister shall then say? 

^ INCE then, our Lord received and blessed, as you 
have just heard, the children who were brought 
unto him, we receive into his church this child, through 
baptism, and pray unto God to give him his blessing. 

The Minister shall then say to the Parents and Sponsors, 

Y OU, who offer this child to be baptized, should con- 
sider, that God must be served in spirit and in 
truth. You promise, before God and this assembly, that 
you will be careful, you the father and mother, first and 
principally, and you also the sponsors, as far as by your 
duty you are bound and as necessity may require, to 
instruct this child in the Word of God, and in the 
Christian faith which we confess in the Apostles' Creed. 
You will teach him to worship the only true God, to 
call upon him in all his necessities, to ascribe glory to 
him for all good, and to acknowledge that all his right- 
eousness is in Christ Jesus, and all his strength in the 
sanctification of the Holy Spirit. You will teach him 
to deny himself, to take up his cross, and to keep the 



122 THE LITURGY OF BAPTISM FOR CHILDREN, [Part 



commandments of God, the substance of which is, that 
we should love God with all our hearts, and our neigh- 
bour as ourselves. Finally, you will take care to exhort 
this child, and to reprove him when it shall be necessary, 
so that he may be brought up in the fear of the Lord, 
and according to his holy word ; to the end that his 
whole life may be employed for the glory of God, and 
for the edification of his neighbour, 

T/ie Minister shall ask, 

Are these your promises % 

The Parents and Sponsors shall answer, 

Yes. 

The Minister shall then say, 

The Lord give you grace faithfully to perform these 
promises. 

The Minister shall then baptize the Child, naming him, and 
saying, 

N. 1ST. I baptize thee in the name of the Father, and 
of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 

After which, the Minister shall use the following 
Prayers and Benediction, 

Let us pray. 



Fourth.] THE LITURGY OF BAPTISM FOR CHILDREN. 123 

Q GOD ! the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost ! 

we beseech thee, to ratify in heaven what we haye 
now done in thy name upon earth. Receive this child 
into the fold of the Good Shepherd ; and bless him with 
all spiritual nurture ; for our Redeemer's sake. Amen, 

Q HEAVENLY Father ! who, by thy holy Prophet 
hast taught us that children are an heritage of the 
Lord ; who also didst enjoin upon thy chosen people 
Israel, to teach their children thy statutes and ordinances ; 
and who, through thine Apostle, St. Peter, hast as- 
sured us that the promise is unto us, and unto our child- 
ren ; we beseech thee to impress upon all parents, guar- 
dians and sponsors, and especially upon those who have 
at this time presented themselves before thee, a deep 
sense of the trust committed to them, in thy wise pro- 
vidence. Sanctify them through thy truth ; and give 
them opportunity and disposition to perform their du- 
ties in faithfulness and love. And vouchsafe, 0 Fath- 
er ! to this child, and to all others who have been 
dedicated to thee in baptism, thy protecting care, and 
thy preventing grace. Give them meek and teacha- 
ble dispositions, and a continual growth in the know- 
ledge of thy truth as they advance in years ; to the end 
that, through the means of grace provided in thy church 
on earth, they may at last be received into the church 
of the first born in heaven ; through our Lord and Sa- 
viour, Jesus Christ. Amen. 

rjpHE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of 
God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be 
with us all, evermore. Amen. 



CONFIRMATION. 



THE MANNER OF RECEIVING CATECHUMENS, BY CONFIRM- 
ATION OF THE BAPTISMAL VOW, TO A PARTICI- 
PATION IN THE LORD'S SUPPER. 



The Minister shall say to the Catechumens, 



Y OU have presented yourselves in the house of God 
this day, to witness a good profession of your faith. 
You were dedicated to God in baptism ; and, being come 
to years of discretion, you desire, by your own act, open- 
ly to put on Christ. To this end, 

Do you now ratify and confirm the engagements 
made in your behalf, at your baptism ? 

Do you renounce Satan and his works, the world and 
its pomps, the flesh and its sinful desires ? 

Do you promise, in dependence upon divine aid, to 
continue steadfast in the Christian faith, and to keep the 
commandments of God all the days of your life ? 



THE LITURGY OF CONFIRMATION. 



125 



The Minister shall ash, 



Are these your promises, before God and his Church ? 



God give you grace faithfully to perform these pro- 
mises. 



FTER these promises, and in the hope that you may 



religiously fulfil them, you are received into the 
number of the faithful, to be partakers of the holy sa- 
crament of the Supper. 

And I call upon you, Christian brethren, who are here 
present, to witness the promises which these young per- 
sons have made ; and I exhort you, to look upon them 
henceforth, as partakers with you of the same grace, and 
to offer up your prayers to God in their behalf. 

An Exhortation, at the discretion of the Minister, is then ad- 
dressed to the Catechumens ; after which, they kneel, and the 
Minister offers the folloiving Prayer. 

Let us pray. 



LMIGHTY God ! we bless thee, that thou hast been 



pleased to call us to a knowledge of thyself ; and 



They shall answer, 



Yes. 



The Minister shall then say, 



The Minister shall continue, 





126 THE LITURGY OF CONFIRMATION. [Part 

especially, that, having given grace unto these persons to 
be introduced into thy Church, through baptism, thou 
hast also graciously permitted them to arrive at years of 
discretion, and to ratify and confirm, this day, the vow 
of their baptism. We pray, that as they have now thus 
solemnly dedicated themselves to thee, and are to be 
admitted to the communion of the sacrament of the 
death of thy Son, thou wouldst ratify in heaven what 
we do in thy name, and in thy church on earth. Re- 
ceive them, O Lord ! bless them, and let thy grace be 
with them, now and for ever. 

O gracious God ! Father of mercy I grant that they 
may persevere constantly in the holy profession, upon 
which they have just entered, so that they may not only 
be Christians by birth and baptism, but may henceforth 
be such by knowledge and through choice. Since they 
have renounced Satan and his works, the world and its 
pomp, the flesh and its sinful desires, let the prince of 
darkness have no power over them; and grant that, 
henceforth, their faith may triumph over the world, the 
flesh and its wicked propensities. Holy Father ! keep them 
in thy faith, and preserve them from evil. Sanctify them 
through thy truth : thy word is truth. Guard them from 
the corruptions of the world. Suffer not the instructions 
which they have received, and the promises which they 
have just made, to be ever blotted from their memo- 
ry. Make them fruitful in knowledge and in faith, 
in holiness and in comfort, all the days of their lives. 
May they be better than their fathers ; and, after having 
ministered in this world to the designs of thy provi- 



Fourth.] THE LITURGY OF CONFIRMATION. 127 

dence, may they obtain from thy goodness eternal salva- 
tion, 

O Lord 1 we pray unto thee for all the young people 
of this church. Bless the instructions which are given 
to them, preserve them from corruption, and sanctify 
them, so that our children may be one day ornaments in 
thy house, and heirs of thy kingdom. 

Give grace to us all, the young and the old, the high 
and the low, to consider well what it is to be Christians; 
and to reflect continually what a vow, what promises, 
what a solemn profession, we have made at our baptism, 
as well as in the communion of the holy sacrament of 
the Supper. 

x\lmighty God! hear us favourably, through Jesus 
Christ, who hath taught us thus to pray : 

QUR Father, who art in heaven, hallowed, be thy 
name ; thy kingdom come ; thy will be done on 
earth, as it is in heaven ; give us this day our daily 
bread ; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those 
who trespass against us : and. lead us not into tempta- 
tion; but deliver us from evil : for thine is the kingdom, 
and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 

The Minister shall conclude with the following Benediction. 

'J 1 HE grace of our Lord J esus Christ, and the love of 
God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be 
with us all, evermore. Amen* 



SECTION SECOND, 

€§i Jftnrgtj nf baptism fur %h\h. 



The Minister shall commence the Service with the foil owing Sen- 
tence : 

Q UE Help is in the name of tlie Lord, who made 
heaven and earth. Psalm, exxiv., 8. 

The Minister shall then ash the Person to be Baptized, 

O you present yourself before God and his holy 
church, for baptism \ 



He shall answer. 



Yes. 

Then the Minister shall my r 



JJEAR, my brethren, how our Saviour instituted the 
holy sacrament of baptism, as it is recorded in the 
Gospels according to St. Matthew and St. Mark. 



Til E LITURGY OF BAPTISM FOR, ADULTS. 129 
St. Matthew, xxviii., 18-20. 



~ND Jesus spake unto his disciples, saying*, All power 



is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye 
therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the 
name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy 
Ghost : teaching them to observe all things whatsoever 
I have commanded you. 



KD Jesus gave command to his disciples, saying, 



Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to 
every creature. He that believeth, and is baptized, 
sviail be saved ; but he that believeth not, shall be 
damned. 

The Minister shall then say to the Person to be Baptized, 
C INGE our Lord hath instituted this holy sacrament 



of baptism, and hath commanded, as you have just 
heard, that it should be administered to all who believe 
in him ; and since you have signified your desire to 
receive the same, in testimony of your faith ; we pro- 
ceed, in conformity with holy Scripture, to administer it 
to you. 

Then the Minister shall offer the following Prayer, 
Let us pray. 




St. Mark,xvi., 15, 16. 




130 THE LITURGY OF BAPTISM FOR ADULTS. [Part 



mised us, through, thy goodness, to be our God, 
and the God of all who believe in thee, and in Jesus 
Christ whom thou hast sent ; we pray thee, to give thy 
Holy Spirit to thy servant, who here presents' himself 
in thy presence. Receive him, O God ! into the cove- 
nant of thy mercy, and make him a partaker of thy 
grace ; to the end that he may know thee as his 
God ; that h e may adore and serve thee only, and 
may live and die in thee : so that this baptism, through 
which we receive him into thy holy church, may not 
be administered to him in vain ; but that he may be 
truly baptized into the death of thy Son, and into new- 
ness of life acceptable unto thee ; through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

The Minister shall then say to the Person to be Baptized, 

T HESE are the holy engagements upon w T hich you are 



about to enter, through baptism. 

In the presence of God and this assembly, you pro- 
fess, that you believe, and receive with all your heart, 
the Word of God ; and that you desire to live and die 
in the Christian faith, which we confess in the Apostles' 
Creed. You profess to worship the only true God, and 
promise to call upon him in all your necessities, and to 
ascribe glory to him for all good. You profess to be- 
lieve that all your righteousness is in Christ Jesus, and 
all your strength in the sanctification of the Holy Spirit. 
You promise, depending on Divine aid, to renounce Sa- 




Father I who hast pro- 



Fouith.j THE LITURGY OF BAPTISM FOR ADULTS. 131 

tan and his works, ttie world and its pomps, tiie flesh 
and its sinful desires ; to deny yourself, to take up 
your cross, and to keep the commandments of God, 
the substance of which is, that we should love God with 
air our hearts, and our neighbour as ourselves. Finally, 
you promise, to watch and pray, that you may live in 
the fear of God, and according to his holy word ; to 
the end, that your whole life may be employed for the 
glory of God, and for the edification of your neighbour. 

Then the Minister shall ask, 
Are these your professions and promises § 
He -shall answer , 

Yes. 

The Mmister shall then baptize the Person, naming him, and 
saying^ 

1ST. N. I baptize thee in the name of the Father, and 
of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost Amen. 

After wjiich, the Minister shall say to the Baptized Person, 

Y OU are now received into the number of the faith- 
ful, to be a partaker of the holy sacrament of the 
Supper. 

May God give you grace to remember constantly the 
holy profession which you have embraced. May he 



132 THE LITURGY OF BAPTISM FOR ADULTS. [Part 

ratify iu heaven, that which we have done, in his name r 
and in his church on earth ; and give you his blessing 
now and evermore. Amen. 

The Minister shall then sen/, 

2sTD I call upon you, Christian brethren, who are here 
present, to witness the profession which this person 
has made, in his baptism ; and I exhort you to look upon 
him henceforth, as a partaker with you of the same grace, 
and to offer up your prayers to God in his behalf. 

The Person Baptized shall then kneel, and the Minister shall ! 
offer the following Prayer: 

Let us pray. 

Q GRACIOUS God ! Father of Mercy ! we bless thee 
that thou hast been pleased to call us to a know- 
ledge of thyself ; and especially that thou hast given 
grace unto this person to enter into covenant with thee 
by baptism. 

Grant, O Merciful God I that he may constantly 
persevere in his holy profession. Sfnce he has re- 
nounced Satan and his works, the world and its pomps, 
the flesh and its sinful desires, let the prince of darkness 
have no power over him ; and grant that, henceforth, j 
his faith may triumph over the world, the flesh and 
its wicked propensities. Holy Father ! sanctify him 
through thy truth ; and make him fruitful in know- 
ledge and in faith, in holiness and in comfort, all the days 
of his life ; and, after having ministered in this world 
to the designs of thy providence, may he obtain from 



Fourth.] THE LITURGY OF BAPTISM FOR ADULTS. 133 

thy goodness eternal salvation; through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

HE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of 
God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be 
with us all, evermore. Amen, « 



SECTION THIRD. 



€k litegi} nf tjiE Xnli\ litftpn:. 



The Minister shall commence the Service with the following 
Invocation. 

Here the People rise. 

J'N the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the 
Holy Ghost. 

Here j and at the end of the several Prayers, the People answer, 
Amen. 

Then the Minister shall say, 

Let us pray, 

Q ETERNAL and Almighty God! whom all crea- 
tures praise and glorify as their Creator and Sove- 
reign Lord ; we beseech thee, as we are now assembled 



THE LITURGY OF THE HOLY SUPPER. 135 

to partake of tlie holy Supper, which thy Son, our 
Saviour, Jesus Christ, commanded us to celebrate in 
remembrance of his death, that thou wouldst give us 
grace to perform this sacred duty, in a manner accepta- 
ble unto thee ; through the same Jesus Christ. Amen. 

Then the Minister shall say, 

JJEAR, my brethren, the institution of the Holy Sup- 
per, as it is related by St. Paul, in the eleventh 
chapter of the First Epistle to the Corinthians. 

Here the People rise. 

J HAVE received of the Lord, that which also I deli- 
vered unto you, that the Lord Jesus, the same night 
in which he was betrayed, took bread : and when he had 
given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat : this is my 
body, which is broken for you : this do in remembrance 
of me. After the same manner also he took the cup, 
when he had supped, saying. This cup is the New Testa- 
ment in my'blood : this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in re- 
membrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and 
drink this cup, ye do show the Lord's death till he come. 
Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this 
cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body 
and blood of the Lord. But let a man examine him- 
self, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of 
that cup. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, 
eateth and drinketh condemnation to himself, not dis- 
cerning the Lord's body. 



136 THE LITURGY OF THE HOLY SUPPER. [Part 



The People being seated, the Minister shall continue, 

Y OU have now heard in what manner our Lord Jesus 
Christ instituted the Holy Supper ; and with what 
purity and reverence it should be celebrated, even unto 
the end of the world, by all believers. 

We learn from holy Scripture, that none but true 
Christians should come thereunto, and that all such as 
are not of the number of the faithful are unworthy to 
be partakers thereof. To wit : the impious, the un- 
believing, the profane, the blasphemous, those who 
live in strife and in hatred, impure, sensual and car- 
nal men, drunkards, the unjust, those who withhold 
the goods of others, the covetous, the proud, evil speak- 
ers ; and generally, all those in whom reigneth the 
love of the world and of its evil desires : upon all of 
whom, whilst they amend not, the anger of God rest- 
eth. 

As for you, Christian brethren, who intend to come to 
this holy communion, you ought carefully to consider the 
solemnity of what you are about to do, lest you eat of this 
bread and drink of this cup unworthily. Judge ye your- 
selves, and ye shall not be j udged of the Lord. And in all 
things, wherein ye know that ye have offended him, whe- 
; ther in word or in deed, in thought or in will, make confes- 
sion thereof, with a humble reliance upon his mercy, and a 
true desire to live, henceforth, a righteous and godly life. 
Be ye, also, filled with sincere love towards your neigh- 
bour ; if ye have done wrong to any, make reparation ; 
and forgive ye one another, even as ye desire from God 



Fourth.] THE LITURGY OF THE HOLY SUPPER. 137 

| the forgiveness of your sins. If ye are thus minded, 
I and if your consciences thus bear witness for you before 
God, who knoweth your hearts, ye may come to this 
holy table ; and ye ought not to doubt that the Lord 
Jesus will there make you partakers of all the fruits of 
his passion and death. 

But, above all things, ye must give at this time, your 
humble and hearty thanks to God, for the redemption of 
the world through Jesus Christ his Son ; who did hum- 
ble himself even to the death of the cross, for us mise- 
rable sinners, that he might make us children of God, 
and exalt us to everlasting life ; and, to the end that 
we should always remember his exceeding great love, 
did institute this holy sacrament, to be unto us a pledge 
of his love, and a perpetual memorial of his death, to 
our great and endless comfort. To this merciful Re- 
deemer, therefore, as well as to the Father and the Holy 
Spirit, let us now and always offer, as we are most boun- 
den, our benedictions and our praises. 

Then the Minister shall say, 

Let us pray. 

JT is meet and right, and our profitable duty, that we 
should, at all times and in all places, give thanks unto 
thee, O Lord, Holy Father, Everlasting God ! through 
Jesus Christ our Lord ; who for us was made very man, yet 
without sin ; who died for our offences, and rose again for 
our justification ; who by his death hath destroyed 
death, and by his resurrection hath given us eternal life ; 



138 THE LITURGY OF THE HOLY SUPPER. [Part 

who hath ascended up on high, far above all heavens, 
where he ever liveth to make intercession for us ; who 
also, according to his gracious promise, sent down upon 
the Apostles the Holy Spirit, to lead them into all truth, 
and to bestow upon them the gift of tongues, that they 
might preach the gospel unto all nations ; whereby we 
have been brought out of darkness into light, and to a 
knowledge of thee ; who also giveth us the Spirit of 
Adoption, and the blessed hope of pardon and peace, at 
the day of his glorious appearing : — 

Therefore, w T ith angels and archangels, and with all 
the company of heaven, we magnify thy glorious name; 
evermore praising thee, and saying, Holy, holy, holy, 
Lord God of Hosts, heaven and earth are full of thy 
glory, 0 God, most high ! 

since, O Lord! Jesus Christ, thy Son, did oner 
up himself as a sacrifice on the Cross, to redeem 
mankind, we beseech thee, in consideration of this sacri- 
fice, that thou wouldst receive the supplications which 
we offer unto thy Divine Majesty, for the peace of the 
whole world, and for the salvation of all people. 

We pray thee to bless the Church Universal, with the 
spirit of truth, unity and concord ; and to give grace to 
all who profess thy name, to follow^ with one consent 
thy holy word, and live in harmony and godly love. 

Vouchsafe, O God! who art the source of all power, 
to bless and defend all Christian rulers and magistrates. 
So replenish them with the grace of thy Holy Spirit, 



Fourth.] THE LITURGY OF THE HOLY SUPPER. 139 

that they may perform their duties with faithfulness, 
that religion may nourish, and righteousness advance 
among us. 

Shed thy grace, O Sovereign Shepherd of our souls ! 
upon all the ministers of thy church, that they may set 
forth the truth and power of thy holy word, both by 
their life and doctrine ; that they may faithfully admin- 
ister thy holy sacraments, and diligently watch over the 
flocks committed to their charge. 

We beseech thee, of thy goodness, to succour all per- 
sons who, during this transitory life, are in trouble, sor- 
row, need, sickness, or any other adversity. 

Finally, 0 Lord ! we pray thee for all this congrega- 
tion here present, for all thy servants who desire to be 
partakers at thy table, and for all who show forth the 
death of their Saviour, and wait for his last and glorious 
coming ; that through the communion in the death of 
thy Son, and through the efficacy of the precious blood 
which he shed upon the cross, we may be delivered from 
the wrath to come, and be found worthy to be received, 
with all thine elect, into the glory of thy kingdom. 

Hear us, O God, our Father ! in the name of Jesus 
Christ, our Saviour and Intercessor, who hath taught us 
to pray, saying : 

QUE, Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy 
name ; thy kingdom come ; thy will be done on 
earth, as it is in heaven ; give us this day our daily 
bread ; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those 



140 



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[Part 



who trespass against us ; and lead us not into tempta- 
tion ; but deliver us from evil : for thine is the kingdom, 
and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 

A LMIGHTY God ! Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 



before whom we now come to partake of the sacra- 
ment of the death of thy Son, graciously hear the con- 
fession of our sins. We acknowledge, O Lord ! our 
unworthiness ; we deplore the enormity and number of 
the sius which we have committed against thee ; and we 
do not presume to come to thy holy sacrament, trusting 
in our own righteousness, but in thy great compassion. 
Have mercy upon us, O merciful Father! have mercy 
upon us. Pardon us, for the love of Jesus Christ ; and 
give us grace this day, so to receive these sacred mys- 
teries of bread and wine, that being united to thy holy 
Son through faith, we may live in him and he in us. 
We beseech thee to hear us, for the sake of the same 
Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. 

The Minuter shall then give the following Invitation : 



E who truly repent of your sins, and rely with con- 



fidence on the mercy of God ; who also are in 
sincere charity with all your neighbours ; and are re- 
solved, to conform your lives more and more to the 
commandments of God ; draw near, and partake of 
the holy communion of the body and blood of our 
Lord. 





The People shall then come to the Table. 



Fourth.] THE LITURGY OF THE HOLY SUPPER. 141 
The Minister shall then say, 

Let us pray. 

Q ALMIGHTY God and Heavenly Father! who, 
through thy great mercy, didst deliver up thy Son 
to suffer death upon the cross for our redemption, we 
ascribe unto thee all glory and praise, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord ; who offered up his own body as a sacri- 
fice for the sins of the whole world, and commanded that 
a perpetual memorial of his death should be kept in his 
church, until his coming at the last day : For, the same 
night in which he was betrayed, he took bread ;* and 
when he had given thanks to thee, O Eternal Father ! he 
brake it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, Take, eat : 
this is my body, which is broken for you : this do in 
remembrance of me.f Likewise, after supper, he took 
the cup ;J and when he had given thanks, he gave it 
to them, saying, Drink ye all, of it; for this is my 
blood of the New Testament, which is shed for many, 
for the remission of sins ; this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, 
in remembrance of me.§ 

Then the Minister shall deliver the Communion to the People ; 
and shall say, 



* Here the Minister takes the bread in his hands, 
t Here the Minister partakes of the bread, and gives bread to 
other Ministers, who may be at the table with him. 
X Here he takes the cup. 

§ Here he drinks of the cup, and gives it to the other Ministers. 



142 THE LITURGY OF THE HOLY SUPPEK. [Part 



In giving the Bread. 

Eemember that Jesus Christ, thy Saviour, died for 
thee, aud be thankful. 

In giving the Cup. 

Remember that Jesus Christ, thy Saviour, shed his 
blood for thee, and be thankful. 

The Communicants having returned to their Pews, a Hymn shall 
be sung ; during which, offerings for the Poor may be received. 

After which, the Minister shall say, 

Let us pray. 

JJEAYENLY Father! we bless thee that thou hast 
been pleased so to favour us miserable sinners, as 
to receive us at the communion of thy Son, Jesus Christ, 
our Lord ; who of God, is made unto us wisdom, and 
righteousness, sanctification and redemption. We bless 
thee, for having given him unto us as the bread of eter- 
nal life. Give us grace, never to forget these great bene- 
fits, but rather, having them graven upon the table of 
our hearts, to grow constantly in faith, and be fruitful in 
every good work, that our lives may be devoted to the 
advancement of thy glory, and to the edification of our 
neighbour ; through the same J esus Christ, who liveth 
and reigneth with thee, God blessed for ever and ever. 
Amen. 



Fourth.] THE LITURGY OF THE HOLY SUPPER. 143 



Then shall be sung the following Doxology ; during which all 
stand. • 

Q.LORY be to God on high, and on earth peace, good 
will towards men. We praise thee, we bless thee, 
we worship thee, we glorify thee, we give thanks to thee 
for thy great glory, 0 Lord God, heavenly King, God 
the Father Almighty. 

O Lord, the only begotten Son, Jesus Christ ; O Lord 
God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, who takest away 
the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou, who 
takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. 
Thou, who takest away the sins of the world, receive our 
prayer. Thou, who sittest at the right hand of God the 
Father, have mercy upon us. 

For thou only art holy ; thou only art the Lord ; thou 
only, O Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art most high in 
the glory of God the Father. Amen. 

The Minister shall then give the following 

EXHORTATION TO THOSE WHO HAVE COMMUNED. 

The People continue to stand. 

£ NOW exhort and beseech you, my beloved brethren, 
I by the mercies of God, and by the love of the Lord 
| Jesus, to consider well what we have just done, in the 
| holy rite which we have celebrated. 

We have solemnly acknowledged, by this act of 



144 THE LITURGY OF THE HOLY SUPPER. [Part 



thanksgiving, and by this public profession of our faith, 
thffct we have been ransomed from our sins and from 
eternal condemnation, by the death of Jesus Christ, j 
We have testified that we are all brethren, and members ! 
of one body, and that we have a brotherly and sincere j 
love towards each other. We have also promised to 
glorify God in our minds and bodies, by a life of holi- 
ness, worthy of our vocation. 

May God give us grace to remember well these pro- 
mises, to perform them religiously, and to have the 
death of our beloved Redeemer so deeply graven in our 
hearts, that we may die daily, more and more, unto 
sin, and that we may walk in the ways of holiness all 
our lives, to the glory of God, and to our mutual edifl- ! 
cation. Amen, 

The Minister shall then conclude the Service with one of thefol- I 
lowing 

BENEDICTIONS. 

^j~OW the God of peace, that brought again from the I 

dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the 
sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, 
make you perfect in every good work to do his will, 
working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, 
through Jesus Christ ; to whom be glory for ever and 
ever. Amen. Heb. xttL, 20, 21. 

^HE Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make | 
his face to shine upon you, and be gracious unto 

_ij 



Fourth.] THE LITURGY OF THE HOLY SUPPER. 145 

you. The Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and 
give you peace. Amen. Numbers, vi., 24, 25,26. 

^HE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of 
God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with 
us all evermore. Amen. n. Cor., xUL, 14. 



SECTION FOURTH. 

Stxmt for (Drtasinus nf iCpJrrijrftritl Snsfruttinir. 



The Service may commence with a Canticle, Psalm or Hymn, 
during which all stand. 

. j 

Then the Minister shall say, 

QUR help is in the name of the Lord, who made 
heaven and earth. Psalm cxxiv., 8. 

Here, and at the end of the following Prayer, the People answer, \ 

Amen. 

Then the Minister shall say, 

. Let us pray. 

Q LORD, our God and our Father ! since we are come i 

together for the instruction of the young people of 
this church in the teachings of thy holy word ; we 
give thee thanks, for having enlightened us by the know- j 



CATECHETICAL INSTRUCTION. 147 

ledge of thy gospel, and for having made known unto 
us through Jesus Christ, thy Son, the way that leadeth 
i to eternal life. 

We pray thee to bless these exercises, and to give to 
j these young persons such docility, as may enable them 
j to profit by our instructions. Thou hast caused them to I 
; be born into thy church ; they have been dedicated to I 
thee in baptism ; thou art their Father and their God. | 
O Lord ! for the love of thy Son, who blessed the child- j 
ren that were brought unto him, and prayed for them ; 
vouchsafe to bestow thy blessing on those whom we in- ' 
struct, and to fill them betimes, with love and fear of j 
thee. May the precepts of thy word not only enlighten j 
their minds, but sanctify their hearts, and become the I 
j rule of their conduct; to the end that now, in the days j 
; of their youth, they may walk in the paths of piety, and 
| thus attain to the glory of the kingdom of heaven. 

Give thy grace to fathers and mothers, to bring up 
|j their children under thy guidance. Bless all the fami- 
! lies of this church. , Sanctify the young people. Grant j 
> the knowledge and the fear of thee to persons of every 
! age and condition; so that all of us may increase in 
faith and piety, as we advance in years. Make us all to 
be as children in innocence and humility ; grant that 
the knowledge which thou hast given us, and the glory 
which we look for, may lead us to love thee, and to live 
! in those good works which thou hast ordained that we 
■ should walk in. Favourably hear us, O Almighty God! 
i for the love of Jesus Christ, who hath taught us thus to 
pray, saying : 



148 CATECHETICAL INSTRUCTION. [Part 

Q UR Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name ; 

thy kingdom come ; thy will be done on earth, 
as it is in heaven ; give us this day our daily bread ; 
and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who 
trespass against us ; and lead us not into temptation ; 
but deliver us from evil : for thine is the kingdom, and 
the power, and the glory ^ for ever and ever. Amen, 

Or this. 

Q LORD ! as we are now about to instruct the youth 
of this church, we implore thee to shed thy bless- 
ing on our labours, and to give unto these young per- 
sons the docility requisite to profit thereby. Since they 
have been consecrated to thee from their infancy ; and 
thou art their Father and their God, vouchsafe to take 
them under thy protection, to sanctify them by thy 
Spirit, and to fill them with the love and. the fear of 
thee ; to the end, that they may hereafter be among 
the truly faithful in thy church, and among the ever 
blessed in thy kingdom ; through the mercy and love of 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen, 

Q TJR Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name- 
thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth, 
as it is in heaven ; give us this day our daily bread; and 
forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who tres- 
pass against us ; and lead us not into temptat r ; but 
deliver us from evil : for thine is the kingdom, and the 
power, and the glory, for ever and ever. 



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149 



Then the Recitation of the Children shall follow. 

After which, a Benediction. 

r JpHE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and trie love of 
God, aud the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with 
us all evermore. Amen, il Cor,, xiii., 14. 



SECTION FIFTH. 



€k iCiturgtf nf Mump 



The Minister shall commence the Service with the following 
Sentence : 

QUR help is in the name of the Lord, who made 
heaven and earth. Psalm cxxiv., 8, 

Then the Minister shall say. 

Q.OD our Father, having created heaven and earth, 
and all that in them is, made man in his own 
image, and gave him dominion over the beasts of the 
field, over the fish of the sea, over the fowl of the air, 
and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. 
And after he had. created man, God said, It is not good 
that the man should be alone : I will make him a help 
meet for him. And the Lord God made woman, bone 
of his bone, and flesh of his flesh, signifying thereby that 
they two were one. 



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151 



Wherefore, our blessed Lord, when the Pharisees 
came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, 
Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every 
cause ? answered and said unto them : — Have ye not 
read, that he which made them at the beginning, made 
them male and female, and said, For this cause shall 
a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to 
his wife : and they twain shall be one flesh ? So then 
they are no more twain, but one flesh. What there- 
fore God hath joined together, let not man put asun- 
der. 

And the Apostle St, Paul, who commendeth marriage 
as honourable in all, saith :— So ought men to love their 
wives as their own bodies ; he that loveth his wife, 
lovetli himself. For no man ever yet hated his own 
flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it. Likewise, let j 
the wife see that she reverence her husband, and submit { 
herself unto her own husband, as it is fit in the Lord. 

Seeing then, that this holy covenant of Matrimony, 
which God hath ordained, is of such authority and 
obligation ; it is not to be entered into unadvisedly or 
lightly, but reverently, discreetly, and soberly, in the t 
fear of God, and with holy purpose to live therein in | 
all purity, according to his will. 

Addressing the Persons to be married, the Minister shall say y 

M. and 1ST. — Are you willing to enter into the holy 
state of Matrimony, which God hath instituted, to live 
together therein, according to his commandments ? And 



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[Part 



do you desire to make known here, before God and this 
company, (or congregation,) this your purpose ? 

They shall answer, 

Yes. 

Then the Minister shall say, 

God confirm and bless your purpose. 
Let us pray. 

Q ETERNAL God ! the author of every good and 
perfect gift, we thank thee that thou hast ordained 
the institution of marriage ; and we beseech thee to send 
thy blessing upon these thy servants, who are now about 
to be joined together in this holy estate. Give them a 
just sense of thy presence, and of the obligation of the 
covenant they are about to make ; to the end that this 
solemn service may have a wholesome influence upon 
their affections and conduct throughout life, to the glory 
of thy name ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The Minister shall then say to the Man, 

M. Do you acknowledge here, before God and this 
company, (or congregation,) that you have 'agreed to 
take, and that you now take, N. for your wife ? Do 
you promise to love, honour and protect her ; to maintain, 
comfort and cherish her, in health and in sickness, in 
joy and in sorrow, in prosperity and in adversity ; to 
lead a holy life with her, being faithful unto her in all 
things ; as is the duty of a good husband, according to 
the word of God ? 

Answer. — Yes. 



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153 



The Minister shall then say to the Woman, 

N. Do you also acknowledge here, before God and 
this company, (or congregation,) that you have agreed 
to take, and that you now take, M. for your husband ? 
Do you promise to love, honour and obey him ; to com- 
fort and cherish him, in health and in sickness, in joy 
and in sorrow, in prosperity and in adversity ; to lead a 
holy life with him, being faithful unto him in ail things ; 
as is the duty of a good wife, according to the word of 
God? 

Answer. — Yes. 

[To he used, or not, at the discretion of the Parties, 

J 1ST testimony, that you M. and N. do advisedly and 
solemnly ratify all that hath been declared and 
promised by yon, do thou M. acknowledge and endow 
this woman as thy wife, by delivering unto her a ring, 
in token of thy faith ; and do thou N. in like manner 
receive the same, as a pledge of his faith, and as a wit- 
ness of thy vows. 

Then the Man delivers to the Woman a ring, placing it upon the 
fourth finger of her left hand,] 

Then shall the Minister join their right hands together, and say, 

Y OU are now Man and Wife. 

Those whom God hath joined together, let not man 
put asunder. 

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154 THE LITURGY OF MARRIAGE. 

Then the Minister shall say, 

■ 

Let us pray to God our Father, jot his blessing upon 
these his servants. 

A ALMIGHTY, all-merciful, and all-wise God! we 
pray thee in behalf of these persons, who have en- 
tered into the holy estate of marriage, that thou wouldst 
vouchsafe to them thy Holy Spirit. Send down thy 
blessing upon these thy servants, whom we bless in thy ■ 
name. Enable them to observe surely, and to perform 
faithfully, the vows and covenant between them made ; 
and, mutually edifying each other, to live together in puri- 
ty, concord and piety. Give them grace to reverence and 
serve thee, and to contribute to the advancement of thy 
glory, the honour of the gospel, and the welfare of thy 
church. Favourably hear us, O Father of Mercy ! in 
the name and for the sake of thy dear Son. Amen. 

Then the Minister shall add this Benediction. 

Q.OD, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, bless, 
preserve and guide you. May you be filled with 
all spiritual benediction, and so live together in this life, 
that, in the world to come, you may have life everlast- 
ing. Amen, 



SECTION SIXTH. 

min for tju 3krial nf fjjr Dsal 



TAKEN FROM THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER OF THE PROTESTANT 
EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF U. S. 



THE MINISTER MAY HEAD THE WHOLE, OR SUCH PART OF 
THIS SERVICE AS HE MAY THINK FIT. 

The Minuter, meeting the Corpse at the entrance of the Church 
and going he/ore it, either into the Church, or towards the 
Grave., shall say, 

J AM the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord : he 
that belie veth in me, though he were dead, yet 
shall he live : And whosoever liveth and belie veth in 
me, shall never die. St. John, xi., 25, 26. 

J KNOW that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall 
stand at the latter day upon the earth. And though 
after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh 
shall I see God : whom I shall see for myself, and mine 
eyes shall behold, and not another. Job. xix., 25-27. 



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brought nothing into this world, and it is certain 
we can cany nothing out. The Lord gave, and 

the Lord hath taken away ; blessed be the name of the 

Lord. I. Tim., vi., 7 ; Job, i. t 21. 

After they are come into the Church, shall be said or sung the 
following Anthem, taken from the xxxixth and xcth Psalms. 

During which the People stand. 

From Psalm xxxix* 

I OKD, let me know my end, and the number of my 
days ; that I may be certified how long I have to 

live. 

Behold, thou hast made my days, as it were a span 
long, and mine age is even as nothing in respect of 
thee; and verily every man living is altogether vanity. 

Forman walketh in a vain shadow, and disquieteth 
himself in vain ; he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell 
who shall gather them. 

And now, Lord ! what is my hope ? Truly my hope 
is even in thee. 

Deliver me from all mine offences ; and make me not 
a rebuke unto the foolish. 

When thou with rebukes dost chasten man for sin, 
thou makest his beauty to consume away, like as it Were 
a moth fretting a garment : every man therefore is but 
vanity. 

Hear my prayer, O Lord ! and with thine ears consi- 
der my calling ; hold not thy peace at my tears : 



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For I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all 
my fathers were. 

0 spare me a little, that I may recover my strength, 
before I go hence, and be no more seen. 

From Psalm xc. 

j^ORD, thou hast been our refuge, from one generation 
to another. 

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever the 
earth and the world were made, thou art God from ever- 
lasting, and world without end. 

Thou turnest man to destruction ; again thou sayest, 
Come again, ye children of men. 

For a thousand years in thy sight are Luc as yester- 
day ; seeing that is past as a watch in the night, 

As soon as thou scatterest them, they are even as 
a sleep ; and fade away suddenly like the grass. 

In the morning it is green, and groweth up ; but in 
the evening it is cut down, dried up, and Withered. . 

For we consume away, in thy displeasure ; and are 
afraid at thy wrathful indignation. 

Thou hast set our misdeeds before thee ; and our se- 
cret sins in the light of thy countenance. 

For when thou art angry, ail our days are gone : we 
bring our years to an end, as it were a tale that is told. 

The days of our age are threescore years and ten; 
and though men be so strong that they come to four- 
score years, yet is their strength then but labour and 
sorrow ; so soon passeth it away, and we are gone. 

So teach us to number our days, that we may apply 
our hearts unto wisdom. 



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Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the 
Holy Ghost ; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without end. Amen. 

Then shall follow the Lesson , taken out of the fifteenth Chapter 
of the First Epistle of St. Paid to the Corinthians* 

\T OW is Christ risen from the dead, and become the 



first fruits of them that slept. For since by man 
came death, by man came also the resurrection of the 
dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall 
all be made alive. But every man in his own order : 
Christ the first fruits ; afterward, they that are Christ's 
at his coming. Then cometh the end, when he shall 
have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; 
when he shall have put down all rule, and all authority, 
and power. For he must reign, till he hath put all ene- 
mies under his feet. The last enemy that shall 'be de- 
stroyed is death. For he hath put all things under his 
; feet. But when he saith, all things are put under him, 
it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all 
things under him. And when all things shall be sub- 
dued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be sub- 
ject unto Him that put all things under him, that God 
may be all in all. Else what shall they do, which are 
baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all \ Why 
are they then baptized for the dead? And why stand 
we in jeopardy every hour \ I protest by your rejoicing, 
which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. If 
after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at 



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Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not ? 
Let us eat and drink ; for to-morrow we die. Be not 
deceived : evil communications corrupt good manners. 
Awake to righteousness, and sin not ; for some have not 
the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame. 
But some man will say, How are the dead raised up ? 
and with what body do they come ? Thou fool ! that, 
which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die. And 
that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that 
shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of 
some other grain. But God giveth it a body as it hath 
pleased him ; and to every seed, his own body. All 
flesh is not the same flesh ; but there is one kind of 
flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, 
and another of birds. There are also celestial bodies, 
and bodies terrestrial ; but the glory of the celestial is 
one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. There 
is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, 
and another glory of the stars ; for one star diflereth 
from another star in glory. So also is the resurrection of 
the dead. It is sown in corruption ; it is raised in incor- 
ruption : it is sown in dishonour ; it is raised in glory : 
it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: it is sown 
a natural body ; it is raised a spiritual body-. There is 
a natural body, and there is .a spiritual body. And so 
it is written, The first man Adam was made a living 
soul ; the last Adam w T as made a quickening spirit. 
Howbeit, that w 7 as not first which is spiritual, but that 
which is natural ; and afterward that which is spiritual. 
The first man is of the earth, earthy : the second man 
the Lord from heaven. As is the earthy, such are they 



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that are earthy ; and as is the heavenly, such are they 
also that are heavenly. And as we have borne the 
image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of 
the heavenly. Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and 
blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God ; neither doth 
corruption inherit incomiption. Behold, I show you a 
mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be 
changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at 
the last trump : for the trumpet shall sound, and the 
dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be 
changed. For this corruptible must put on incorrup- 
tion, and this mortal must put on immortality. So 
when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, 
and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then 
shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, 
Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is 

. thy sting } O grave, where is thy victory ? The sting 
of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But 
thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory, through 
our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, 
be ye steadfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the 

j work of the Lord ; forasmuch as ye know that your 
labour is not in vain in the Lord. 

Then may be sung a Hymn. 
Then, in the Churchy or at the Grave, shall be said, 



£AN, that is born of a woman, hath but a short time 
to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and 



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18! 



is cut down, like a flower ; he fleeth as it were a sha- 
dow, and never continueth in one stay. 

In the midst of life we are in death : of whom may 
we seek for succour, but of thee, 0 Lord ! who for our 
sins art justly displeased? 

Yet, O Lord God most holy ! O Lord most mighty ! 
O holy and most merciful Saviour! deliver us not into- 
the bitter pains of eternal death. 

Thou k no west, Lord ! the secrets of our hearts; shut 
not thy merciful ears to our prayer ; but spare us, Lord 
most holy ! O God most mighty ! O holy and merciful 
Saviour I thou most worthy Judge eternal, suffer us not, h 
at our last hour, for any pains of death, to fall from 
thee. 

Then, while the earth shall he cast upon the Body, by some stand- \ 
ing by, the Minister shall say, 

T70RASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God, in 
his wise providence, to take out of this world the 
soul of our deceased brother, we therefore commit his 
body to the ground ; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust 
to dust ; looking for the general resurrection in the last 
day, and the life of the world to come, through our 
Lord Jesus Christ ; at whose second coming in glorious 
majesty to judge the world, the earth and the sea shall 
give up their dead ; and the corruptible bodies of those 
who sleep in him shall be changed, and made like unto 
his own glorious body ; according to the mighty work- 
ing, whereby he is able to subdue all things unto him- 
self. 



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Then shall be said, or sung, 

£ HEAED a voice from heaven, saying unto me, 
Write, From henceforth, blessed are the dead who 
die in the Lord ; even so, saith the Spirit, for they rest 
from their labours. Rev. xiv., 13. 

Then the Minister shall say the Lord's Prayer, and one or both 
the following Probers, at his discreiion, and conclude with the 
Benediction. 

QUR Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy 
name ; thy kingdom come ; thy will be done on 
earth, as it is in heaven ; give us this day our daily 
bread ; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those 
who trespass against us ; and lead us not into tempta- 
tion ; but deliver us from evil : for thine is the kingdom, 
and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 

^LMIGHTY God ! with whom do live the spirits of 
those who depart hence in the Lord ; and with 
whom the souls of the faithful, after they are delivered 
from the burden of the flesh, are in joy and felicity ; we 
give thee hearty thanks for the good examples of all those 
thy servants, who, having finished their course in faith, 
do now rest from their labours. And we beseech thee, 
that we, with all those who are departed in the true 
faith of thy holy name, may have our perfect consum- j 
mation and bliss, both in body and soul, in thy eternal 
^and everlasting glory, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 



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| Q MERCIFUL God ! the Father of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, who is the resurrection and the life ; in 

i whom whosoever believeth, shall live, though he die ; 
and whosoever liveth and believeth in him, shall not die 
eternally ; who also hath taught us, by his holy Apostle 
St. Paul, not to be sorry, as men without hope, for those 
w 7 ho sleep in him ; we humbly beseech thee, O Father! 
to raise us from the death of sin unto the life of right- 
eousness ; that, when w T e shall depart this life, w T e 
may rest in him; and that, at the general resurrec- 
tion in the last day. we may be found acceptable in thy 
sight ; and receive that blessing, which thy well-beloved 
Son shall then pronounce on all w 7 ho love and fear thee, 
saying, Come, ye blessed children of my Father, receive 
the kingdom prepared for you, from the beginning of 
the world. Grant this, we beseech thee, O merciful 
Father! through Jesus Christ, our Mediator and Re- 
deemer. Amen. 

^HE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of 
God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be 
< with us all evermore. Amen K 



PART FIFTH. 



CmttirlBs for tin (DrMnarif §umt 



First Canticle. 

Q COME ! let us sing unto the Lord ; let us heartily 
rejoice in the Rock of our salvation. 

Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving ; 
and show ourselves glad in him with psalms. 

O come ! let us worship and bow down ; let us kneel 
before the Lord our Maker. 

For he is the Lord, our God, and we are the people 
of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. 

Manifold, O God ! are thy wondrous and bounteous 
works : they are more than can be numbered. 



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In thee we live, and move, and have our being. The 
testimonies of thy loving kindness are ever about us. 

Thou hast sent thine only Son into the world, to be a 
propitiation for our sins. 

For all these things we bless thee, and we magnify 
thy glorious name ; saying with the angels and all the 
heavenly host, 

Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of hosts ! Heaven and 
earth are full of thy glory, O God ! most high. 

Let our mouths show forth thy praise for ever. 

Let all that hath breath, bless thee for ever and ever. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the 
Holy Ghost ; as it was in the beginning, is now, and 
ever shall be, world without end. Amen, 



Second Canticle. 

Q YE righteous ! sing unto the Lord with joy ; for it 
becometh well the just to be thankful. 

Praise the Lord, sing unto him a new song : for all 
his works are done in truth. 

All the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord : let 
all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. 

I will wash my hands in innocency ; so will I com- 
pass thine altar, O Lord ! 

And with the voice of thanksgiving, tell of all thy 
wondrous works. 



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My God ! I love the habitation of thy house, and the 
place where thine honour dwelleth. 

Cause us to hear thy loving kindness in the morning; 
for in thee do we trust. 

Cause us to know the way wherein we should walk ; 
for we lift up our souls unto thee. 

Let us bless the Lord, who crowneth us day by day 
with his benefits. 

Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us 
meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in 
light. 

Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness? 
and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son. 
Glory be, &c. 



Third Canticle. 

p RAISE ye the Lord, call upon his name ; make 
known his deeds among the people. 

Sing unto him ; sing psalms unto him ; tell ye of all 
his wondrous works. 

Eejoice ye in his holy name ; let the hearts of those 1 
rejoice who seek the Lord. 

Seek the Lord and his strength ; seek his face ever- 
more ; remember his marvellous works. 

Great is our Lord and great in his power : his wisdom 
is infinite. 



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Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving, answering one 
unto another; sing psalms unto our God. 

Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem ! Praise thy God, O 
Zion ! 

He strep o'theneth the bars of thy ^ates, and blesseth 
thy children within thee. 

He showeth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and 
ordinances unto Israel : 

He hath not dealt so with any nation. 

He so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, 
that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but 
have everlasting life. 

What shall we render unto the Lord, for all his bene- 
fits towards us. 

We will receive the cup of salvation, and call upon 
the name of the Lord. 

Glory be, &e. 



Fourth Canticle. 

E will extol thee, O God, our King ! and we will 
bless thy name for ever and ever. 
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised ; his 
greatness is unsearchable. 

One generation shall praise thy works unto another. 
The Lord is gracious and full of compassion, slow to 
anger and of great mercy. 



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The Lord is good to all ; liis tender mercies are over 
all his works. 

All thy works shall praise thee, 0 Lord ! and thy 
saints shall bless thee ; 

They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and 
talk of thy power. 

Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy do- 
minion endure th throughout all ages. 

The Lord upholdeth all those who fall ; and raiseth 
up al ! who are bowed down. 

The eyes of all wait upon thee, and thou givest them 
their meat in due season. 

Thou openest thine hand, and satisfies! the desire of 
every living thing. 

The Lord is righteous in all his and holy in all 

his works. 

The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him ; 
unto all that call upon him in truth. 

He fulfilleth the desire of those who fear him ; he 
heareth their cry and saveth them. 

The Lord preserveth all those who love him ; but all 
the wicked will he destroy. 

Our mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord, and we 
will bless his holy name for ever and ever.. 

Glory be, (fee. 



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Fifth Canticle. 

Q GOD ! we praise thee with our whole lieart ; we 
worship before thee in thy holy temple. 

We praise thy name for thy loving kindness and thy 
truth ; we rejoice in thy salvation. 

Thou hast sent thy Son to fulfil the promises made 
unto the fathers ; 

To the end that the Gentiles might praise thee for thy 
mercy. 

Wherefore, we will praise thee among the nations, 
and sing unto thy name. 

Rejoice, O ye Gentiles ! with his people. 

O ! praise the Lord, all ye nations, and celebrate him 
all ye people ; 

Ye who in time past, were not his people, but are now 
the people of God ; 

Ye, who in time past had not obtained mercy, but 
now have obtained mercy. 

O ! the depth of the riches of the wisdom and know- 
ledge of God ! 

How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways 
past finding out ! 

Who hath known the mind of the Lord, and who 
hath been his counsellor ? 

For of him, and through him, and to him, are all 
things, to whom be glory for ever. 

Glory be, <fcc. 

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Sixth Canticle. 

Q ! LET us be joyful in the Lord our God. Let us 
serve the Lord with gladness, and come before his 
presence with a song. 

Know ye that the Lord is God ; it is he who hath 
made us, and not we ourselves ; we are his people, and 
the sheep of his pasture. 

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his 
courts with praise. Be thankful unto him. and bless his 
name. 

For the Lord is gracious, his merer is everlasting, and 
his truth endureth from generation to generation. 

0 God ! we adore thee as our God, as our Creator, 
and as the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

We humble ourselves in thy presence, and acknow- 
ledge thine infinite majesty. 

The angels adore thee in heaven, and all the heavenly 
host bow down before thee. 

Receive the homage which we offer to thee upon 
earth, we who are poor mortals, miserable sinners, thy 
creatures by nature, and thy children by grace. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the 
Holy Ghost ; as it was in the beginning, is now, and 
ever shall be, world without end. Amen. 



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Seventh Canticle. 

Q OME and let us present ourselves before the Lord ; 

let us adore him in his temple ; let us humble our- 
selves in his sanctuary. 

The Lord is here. How venerable, how sacred is this 
place! this is the house of God; this is the gate of 
heaven. 

O Lord ! God of our fathers, thou art blessed for ever. 
To thee belong greatness, power, glory, eternity, ma- 
jesty. 

All that is in heaven and in earth is thine : the king- 
dom is thine. 

Thou art a Prince above all things : thou art Sove- 
reign over all. Riches and honour, power and might, 
are in thy hand. 

Now therefore, O our God ! we magnify thee, and 
praise thy glorious name. 

Who are we, and who are this people, that we are 
enabled freely to offer unto thee this service, and this 
praise ? 

We are strangers before thee, and our days pass away 
as a shadow. 

Although we are but dust and ashes, behold, we take 
upon ourselves to speak unto thee. 

Let the words of our mouths be acceptable unto thee, 
O Lord ! 

Let thy mercy be upon us, O God ! as our trust is in 
thee. 

Glory be, &c. 



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Eighth Canticle, 

JJOW amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of Hosts. 

My soul desireth, yea, even longeth, to enter into 
the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh rejoice 
in the living God. 

Blessed are they that dwell in thy house : they will 
• be always praising thee. 

One day in thy courts is better than a thousand else- 
where : I would rather be a door-keeper in the house of 
my God, than to dwell in the tents of ungodliness. 

For the Lord God is a sun and a shield : no good 
thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. 

O Lord of Hosts 1 blessed is the man that trusteth in 
thee. 

0 God ! I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever : I 
will trust in the covert of thy wings. 

For thou O God ! hast heard my vows ; thou hast 
given me the heritage of those who fear thy name. 

1 am ever with thee : thou hast holden me by thy 
right hand. 

Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward 
receive me to glory. 

"Whom have I in heaven but thee ? and there is none 
upon earth that I desire besides thee. 

They that forsake thee shall perish : thou wilt destroy 
all them that corrupt themselves before thee. 

But it is good for me to draw near unto God ; and 
to put my trust in the Lord God. 

Glory be, &c. 



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Ninth Canticle. 

Q GOD ! thou art my God, early do I seek thee : my 
soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth after thee 
in a dry and barren land. 

I desire to see thy power and thy glory, in thy sanc- 
tuary. 

Blessed is the man, whom thou choosest, and causest 
to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts. 

Blessed be God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
who, according to his abundant mercy, hath begotten us 
again unto a lively hope, by the resurrection of Jesus 
Christ from the dead ; 

To an inheritance incorruptible, undefiled, and that 
fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for us. 

Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only 
doeth wondrous things. 

And blessed be his glorious name for ever : and let 
the whole earth be filled with his glory. 

Blessed be the Lord, from one generation to another: 
and let all the people say, Amen. 

Glory be, &c. 



Tenth Canticle. 

Q YE servants of the Lord, praise the name of the 
Lord. 

Blessed be the name of the Lord, from this time forth 
and for ever more. 



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From the rising of the sun, even unto the going down 
of the same, the Lord's name is to be praised. 

The Lord is high above all nations, and his glory 
above the heavens. 

"Who is like unto the Lord our God, who dwelleth on 
high ; and yet humble th himself to behold the things 
that are in heaven and earth. 

The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and 
of great goodness. 

He hath not dealt with us after our sins, nor rewarded 
us according to our iniquities. 

God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love where- 
with he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, bath 
quickened us together with Christ ; 

Unto him be glory in the Church, by Christ Jesus, 
throughout all ages, world without end. 

Glory be, &c. 



Eleventh Canticle. 

J WILL sing of the mercies of the Lord. With my 
mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all 
generations. 

O Lord God of Hosts ! who is like unto thee ? Thou 
hast a mighty arm ; strong is thy hand, and high is thy 
right, hand. 

Justice and judgment are the foundation of thy throne : 
mercy and truth go before thy face. 

Great and marvellous are thy w r orks, Lord God Al- 



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mighty ! Just and true are thy ways, thou king of 
saints ! 

Who would not fear thee, O Lord ! and glorify thy 
name ? For thou only art holy. 

All nations shall come and worship before thee ; for 
thy judgments are made manifest. 

Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous, and give thanks at 
the remembrance of his holiness. 

Praise his name, which is great, and greatly to be 
feared, for it is holy. 

Praise the power of the King, who loveth righteous- 
ness. 

Exalt the Lord our God; and worship at his footstool, 
for he is holy. 

Praise him in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, 
singing and making melody in your heart unto the 
Lord. 

Give thanks always for all things, unto our God and 
Father, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 
Glory be, &c. 



Twelfth Canticle. 

J WILL bless the Lord at all times : his praise shall 
continually be in my mouth. 
My soul shall glory in the Lord ; the humble shall 
hear thereof and be glad. 



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O ! magnify the Lord with me, and let lis exalt his 
name together. 

0 taste and see how gracious the Lord is [ Blessed 
is the man that trusteth in him. 

Thy mercy, O Lord ! reacheth unto the heavens, and 
thy truth unto the clouds. 

Thy righteousness is like the great mountains ; thy ; 
judgments are like the great deep ! 0 Lord ! thou pre- 
servest man and beast. 

How excellent is thy loving kindness, 0 God ! There- ! 
fore, the children of men put their trust under the sha- 
de w of thy wings. 

They shall be satisfied with the plenteousness of thy 
house ; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of 
thy pleasure. 

For with thee is the fountain of life : and in thy light 
shall we see tight. 

O continue thy loving kindness unto them that know 
thee ; and thv righteousness unto the upright in heart. 

Xow unto him, that is able to keep us from falling, 
and to -present us faultless, before the presence of his ! 
glory, with exceeding joy : 

To the only wise God, our Saviour, be glory and 
majesty, dominion and power, both now and for ever. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the 
Holy Ghost ; as it was in the beginning, is now. and 
ever shall be, world without end. Amen, 



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Thirteenth Canticle. 

Q LORD ! let our prayer be set forth in thy sight, as 
incense ; and the lifting up of our hands, be as the 
evening sacrifice. 

Bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord ; ye 
who worship in the house of the Lord. 

Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the 
Lord. 

Praise ye the Lord, sing praises unto our God ; for it 
is a pleasant thing to be thankful. 

Our Lord is above all : whatever he pleaseth, that 
doeth* he, in heaven and in earth, in the sea, and in all 
deep places. 

Bless the Lord, O house of Israel ! Bless the Lord, 
0 house of Aaron ! Bless the Lord, O house of Levi J 
Ye that fear the Lord, bless the Lord. 

God having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to 
bless us, in turning away every one of us from his ini- 
quities. 

Thanks be unto God, for his unspeakable gift. 

We give thanks to thee, O God ! who art the Father 
of our Lord Jesus Christ, for the hope which is laid up 
for us in heaven. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the 
Holy Ghost ; as it was in the beginning, is now, and 
ever shall be, world without end. Amen. 



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Fourteenth Canticle. 

JT is a good thing to give thanks nnto the Lord, and 
to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High ! 

To show forth thy loving kindness in the morning, 
and thy faithfulness every night. 

O Lord ! thou hast made us glad through thy works, 
and we will rejoice in the operations of thy hands. 

O Lord ! how glorious are thy works ! Thy thoughts 
are very deep.. 

O Lord our God ! thou art clothed with majesty and 
honour. 

Manifold are thy works ; in wisdom hast thou made 
them all. 

The earth is full of thy riches. 

The heavens declare thy glory, and- the firmament 
showeth thy handy work. 

The glory of the Lord will- endure for ever : — the 
Lord will rejoice in his works. 

Let all those who fear him bless him, saying, Holy, 
Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty ! who wast^ and art, and 
art to come. 

Thou art worthy to receive glory, and honour, and 
power ; for thou hast- created all things, and for thy 
pleasure they were created. 

"Wherefore we bless thee, O Eternal God ! Creator 
and Redeemer, of the world, we magnify thy power and 
extol thy mercy. 

Glory be, &c. 



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Fifteenth Canticle. 

Q OME ye and bless the Lord your God, for ever and 
ever: and blessed, 0 God! be thy glorious name. 
Thou, Lord, in the beginning, didst lay the founda- 
tion of the earth, and the heavens are the work of thy 
hands : 

They shall perish, but thou remainest ; they all shall 
wax old, and shall be changed ; but thou art forever the 
same, and thy years shall not fail. 

All thy works shall praise thee, 0 Lord I thy saints 
shall bless thee. 

The works of the Lord are great ; sought out of all 
them that have pleasure therein. 

His works are full of majesty and glory ; his right- 
eousness endureth for ever. 

The Lord is full of compassion ; his tender mercies 
are over all his works. 

He hath remembered his covenant; he hath sent 
redemption unto his people ; holy and reverend is his 
name. 

Let all creatures praise the Lord, and let him be for 
ever blessed in the congregation of the saints. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the 
Holy Ghost ; as it was in the beginning, is now, and 
ever shall be, world without end. Amen. 



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Sixteenth Canticle, 

Q ! COME let us worship the Lord ; let us praise him, 
and give him thanks for all his benefits. 

O Lord, our God ! how excellent is thy name, in all 
the earth. Thy glory is above the heavens. 

Lord ! what is man, that thou art mindful of him, 
and the son of man, that thou visitest him ? 

Lord Jesus ! thou art the only Son of the Father : 
thou art God over all blessed forever. 

Thou art the image of the invisible God : the first 
born of all creatures. 

By thee were all things created, that are in heaven 
j and earth : Thou wast before all things, and by thee do 
| all things subsist. 

Thou art seated at the right hand of the Father. 
Thou hast all power in heaven and earth : 

And we know that thou shalt come in thy glory, to 
judge the quick and the dead. 

Yv 7 e place our trust in thee, 0 our Saviour ! and offer 
unto thee our thanks. 

Unto him that loved us, and gave himself for us, be 
glory and dominion for ever and ever. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the 
Holy Ghost ; as it was in the beginning, is now, and 
ever shall be, world without end. Amen. 



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Seventeenth Canticle. 

^ 1NQ unto the Lord, bless Ms name : show forth his 
salvation from day to day. 

For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised : he 
is to be feared above all gods. 

The gods of the nations are idols ; but the Lord made 
the heavens. 

Majesty and glory are before him : power and excel- 
lence are in his sanctuary. 

Ascribe unto the Lord, O ye people ! ascribe unto the 
Lord, glory and honour. 

Ascribe unto the Lord, the honour due unto his name : 
bring your offerings and come into his courts. 

0 ! worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness ; let 
the whole earth stand in awe of him. 

Declare through all the earth, the Lord reigneth ; 
with righteousness will he judge the world, and the peo- 
ple with equity, 

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he hath visited 
and redeemed his people. 

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings, 
in heavenly places, in Christ. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the 
Holy Ghost ; as it was in the beginning, is now, and 
ever shall be, world without end. Amen. 



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Eighteenth Canticle, 

THE TE DEUM. 

E praise thee, 0 God L we acknowledge thee to be 
the Lord. 

All the earth doth worship thee, the Father everlast- 
ing. 

To thee all Angels cry aloud ; the Heavens, and all the 
Powers therein. 

To thee, Cherubim and Seraphim continually do cry, 

Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Sabaoth. 

Heaven and earth are full of the majesty of thy glory. 

The glorious company of the Apostles praise thee. 

The goodly fellowship of the Prophets praise thee. 

The noble army of Martyrs praise thee. 

The holy Church, throughout all the world, doth 
acknowledge thee, 

The Father, of an infinite Majesty ; 

Thine adorable, true, and only Son ; 

Also the Holy Ghost, the Comforter. 

Thou art the King of Glory, O Christ ! 

Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father. 

When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man, thou 
didst humble thyself to be born of a Virgin. 

When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death, 
thou didst open the kingdom of heaven to all believers. 

Thou sittest at the right hand of God, in the glory of 
the Father. 

We believe that thou shalt come to be our Judge. 



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We therefore pray thee, help thy servants, -whom thou 
hast redeemed with thy precious blood. 

Make them to he numbered with thy saints, in glory 
everlasting. 

0 Lord ! save thy people, and bless thine heritage. 
Govern them, and lift them up for ever. 
Day by day we magnify thee ; 
And w r e worship thy name ever, world without end. 
Vouchsafe, 0 Lord, to keep us this day without sin. 
0 Lord ! have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us. 
0 Lord ! let thy mercy be upon us, as our trust is in 
thee. 

0 Lord ! in thee have I trusted ; let me never be 
confounded. 



Nine teen th Can tide. 

Psalm LXVLI. 

Q.OD be merciful unto us, and bless us, and show us 
the light of his countenance, and be merciful unto 

us ; 

That thy w 7 ay may be known upon earth,, thy saving 
health among all nations. 

Let the people praise thee, 0 God ! yea, let all the 
people praise thee. 

O let the nations rejoice and be glad ; for thou shalt 
judge the folk righteously, and govern the nations upon 
earth. 



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Let the people praise thee, O God ! yea, let all tlie 
people praise thee. 

Then shall the earth bring forth her increase ; and 
God, even our own God, shall give us his blessing. 

God shall bless us, and all the ends of the world shall 
fear him. 



Twentieth Canticle. 

Psalm C. 

Q BE joyful in the Lord, all ye lands : serve the Lord 
with gladness, and come before his presence with 
a song. 

Be ye sure that the Lord he is God ; it is he that 
hath made us, and not we ourselves ; we are his people, 
and the sheep of his pasture. 

O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving, and 
into his courts with praise ; be thankful unto him, and 
speak good of his name. 

For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is everlasting ; 
and his truth endure th from generation to generation. 



Twenty -First Canticle. 

From Psalm GUI. 

p EAISE the Lord, O my soul, and all 
me, praise his holy name. 



that is within 



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Praise the Lord, 0 my soul, and forget not all his 
benefits : 

Who forgiveth all thy sin, and healeth all thine in- 
firmities ; 

Who saveth thy life from destruction, and crowneth 
thee with mercy and loving-kindness. 

O praise the Lord, ye angels of his, ye that excel in 
strength ; ye that fulfil his commandment, and hearken 
unto the voice of his word. 

O praise the Lord, all ye his hosts ; ye servants of 
his that do his pleasure. 

O speak good of the Lord, all ye works of his, in all 
places of his dominion; praise thou the Lord, 0 my 
soul, 



PRAISE God in his holiness : praise him in the 



firmament of his power. 
Praise him in his noble acts : praise him according to 
his excellent greatness. 

Praise him in the soimd of the trumpet : praise him 
upon the lute and harp. 

Praise him in the cymbals and dances : praise him 
upon the strings and pipe. 

Praise him upon the well-tuned cymbals : praise him 
upon the loud cymbals. 

Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. 



Twenty-Second Canticle. 



Psalm CL. 




CnEtirlrs far Snlt} ®ap nnir far ^nrtirnlxrr 
cDrrnsinirH. 



TWft z^j/- Tlx ird Canticle. 

FOR THE EVE OF THE NATIVITY. 

glXG unto the Lord a new song : let his praise be 
declared throughout the earth and in the sea. 

Let the wilderness and the cities lift up their voice : 
let men rejoice with songs of triumph. 

Let them give glory unto the Lord : let them make 
known his praises among the isles. 

The Lord hath comforted his people : and all the ends 
of the earth shall see the salvation of our God. 

Say ye to the Daughter of Zion : behold, thy Saviour 
cometh : behold, his reward is with him. 

Unto you, that fear my name, shall the Sun of right- 
eousness arise, with healing in his wings. 

The glory of the Lord shall be revealed : and all flesh 
shall see it together. 

Death shall be swallowed up in victory : and the Lord 
God will wipe away all tears from our eyes. 



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In that day stall it be said : Lo ! this is our God : we 
have waited for him, and he will save us. 

Lo ! this is the Lord : we will rejoice in his salvation. 
Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. 
Glory be, &c 



Twenty-Fourth Canticle. 



FOR THE DAY OF THE NATIVITY. 



J>EHOLD ! I bring you good tidings of great joy. 

For unto you is born this day, in the city of David, 
a Saviour, which is Christ, the Lord ! 

Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will 
towards men. 

Unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given ; and 
the government shall be on his shoulders ; 

And his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, 
the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of 
Peace. 

God hath remembered his covenant : he hath sent 
redemption unto his people. 

Israel hath been saved in the Lord, with an everlast- 
ing salvation. 

This is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our 
eyes. 



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This is the day, which the Lord hath made : we will 
rejoice and be glad in it. 

Behold, now is the accepted time ; behold, now is the 
day of salvation. 

Let it be said throughout the earth, the Lord reign- 
eth ; let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad. 

For with righteousness will he judge the world, and 
the people with his truth. 

Blessed be he, that cometh in the name of the Lord ; 
Hosanna in the highest. 

Glory be, &c. 



Twenty-Fifth Canticle. 

FOR THE DAY OF THE NATIVITY. 

J> LESSED be the Lord God of Israel, for he hath 
visited and redeemed his people ; 

And hath raised up a horn of salvation for us, in the 
house of his servant David. 

As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, that 
we should be saved from our enemies, and from the 
hand of all that hate us ; 

To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to 
remember his holy covenant : 

The oath which he sware unto our father Abraham, 

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out of the hand of our enemies, might serve him, with- 
out fear, 

In holiness and righteousness, all the days of our life. 

He hath given knowledge of salvation unto his peo- 
ple, by the remission of their sins, 

Through the tender mercy of our God, whereby the 
day spring from on high hath visited us, 

To give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the 
shadow of death ; to guide our feet into the way of 
peace. 

Glory be, <fcc. 



Tiuenty- Sixth Canticle, 

FOR THE DAY AFTER THE NATIVITY, 

gING unto the Lord a new song, for he hath done 
marvellous things. 
His right hand, and his holy arm hath gotten him 
the victory. 

The Lord hath made known his salvation : his right- 
eousness hath he openly showed in the sight of the 
heathen. 

He hath remembered his mercy and his truth, 
Show yourselves joyful unto the Lord, all ye lands ; 

rejoice and sing praises. 

Let the sea make a noise, and all that therein is, the 

world and they that dwell therein. 



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Let the floods clap their hands, and let the hills be 
joyful together before the Lord, for he cometh to judge 
the earth. 

With righteousness shall he judge the world, and the 
people with equity. 

This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all accepta- 
tion, that Jesus Christ came into the world to save sin- 
ners. 

Lord ! now lettest thou thy servants depart in peace. 

For our eyes have seen thy salvation, which thou hast 
prepared before the face of all people : 

A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy 
people Israel. 

Glory be, &c. 



Twenty- Seventh Canticle. 

FOH THE DAY OF THE CRUCIFLXIOST. 

Q HRIST our Passover was sacrificed for us. He was 
delivered for our offences. 

He bare our sins in his body on the tree : and God 
hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. 

His soul was exceedingly sorrowful, even nnto death : 

He was brought as a lamb to the slaughter : he hum- 
bled him elf even unto the death of the cross. 

He was taken away through the force of agony and 



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of condemnation ; and he was cut off out of the land 
of the living. 

Worthy is the Lamb that was slain, to receive power, 
and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and 
glory, and blessing for ever and ever. 

Let every creature that is in heaven, and on the earth, 
give praise and honour to him, that sitteth on the throne, 
and unto the Lamb. 

ISTow is come the kingdom of God, and the power of 
his Christ. 

Glory be, &c 



Twenty-Eighth Canticle. 

FOR THE DAY OF THE CRUCIFIXION. 

J^ET us bless God, our Father, for the gift of his Son, 
through whom we have redemption, even the re- 
mission of our sins. 

Lord Jesus ! thou gavest thyself for us, that thou 
mightest deliver us from this present evil world, accord- 
ing to the will of God, our Father. 

Knowing that in burnt offerings and sacrifices, God 
had no pleasure ; 

Thou saidst, Lo ! I come ; in the volume of the book 
it is written of me, to do thy will, 0 God ! 



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After thou hadst offered one sacrifice for sin, thou 
didst sit down for ever, at the right hand of God. 

For by this one offering thou hast perfected for ever 
them that are sanctified. 

Thy throne, O God ! endureth for ever and ever ; a 
sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. 

Thorn hast loved righteousness ; therefore God, even 
thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness 
above thy fellows. 

Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect ? 
It is God that justifieth. 

Who is he that condemneth ? It is Christ that died ; 
yea rather that is risen again. 

He died for our offences, and was raised again for our 
justification. 

Glory be, <tc. 



Twenty-Ninth Canticle. 

FOR THE DAY OF THE RESURRECTION. 

Q HEIST our Passover was sacrificed for us : 

Therefore, let us keep the feast, not with the leaven 
of wickedness and hypocrisy, but with the unleavened 
bread of sincerity and truth. 

Christ, being raised from the dead, dieth no more ; 
death hath no more dominion over him. 



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He died unto sin once, but now lie liveth unto God. 

Being the Prince of life, it was not possible that he 
should be holden of the bonds of death. 

God hath not left his soul in the place of departed 
spirits ; neither hath he suffered his Holy One to see 
corruption. 

He was dead, but he liveth for evermore ; and hath 
the keys of hell and of death. 

Christ is risen from the dead, and become the first 
fruits of them that sleep. 

Since by man came death, by man came also the 
resurrection of the dead : and as in Adam all die, even 
so in Christ shall all be made alive. 

Death is swallowed up in victory. O death! where 
is thy sting ? O grave ! where is thy victory ? 

Thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory, through 
our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Glory be, <fec. 



Thirtieth Canticle, 

FOR THE DAY OF THE RESURRECTION. 

HIS is a faithful saying, and worthy of all accepta- 
tion, that Jesus Christ came into the world to save 
sinners. 



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Therefore, we will sing hymns in honour of our God ; 
and praise him above all, for ever and ever, 
"Who spared not his own Son. 

Who ordained that he should be despised and re- 
jected of men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with 
grief ; 

That he should be wounded for our transgressions, 
and bruised for our iniquities ; 

That the chastisement of our peace should be upon 
him ; and that by his stripes we should be healed. 

Forasmuch as children are partakers of flesh and 
blood, he became partaker of the same ; that, through 
his death, he might destroy him that had the power of 
death ; 

And deliver them, who through fear of death, were 
all their life time subject to bondage. 

Xow is come salvation and strength, the kingdom of 
our God and the power of his Christ. 

We see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the 
angels, crowned with glory and honour ; that he, by the 
grace of God, should taste death for every man. 

Let us sino- the new sono- of those who were redeemed 
from among men, being the first fruits unto God and to 
the Lamb. 

Let us fear God, and give glory to him : let us wor- 
ship him who made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and 
the fountains of waters. 

Glory be, &c. 



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Thirty- First Canticle. 

FOR THE DAY OF THE RESURRECTION, 

Q TASTE and see that the Lord is gracious. 

Coming unto him, as unto a living stone ; disal- 
lowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious ; 

Ye also as living stones are built up a spiritual 
house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, 
acceptable to God, through Jesus Christ. 

Ye, who in time past were not his people, but are 
now the people of God ; ye, who had not obtained 
mercy, but now have obtained mercy ; 

Consider well, that ye were not redeemed with cor- 
ruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain con- 
versation ; , 

But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb 
without blemish and without spot. 

By him ye believe in God, that raised him up from 
the dead, and gave him glory, that your faith and hope 
might be in God. 

Let us bless him that cometh in the name of the 
Lord. 

Though he were the Son of God, yet learned he 
obedience, by the things which he suffered : 

And being made perfect, he became the author of 
eternal salvation, unto all them that obey him. 

Having therefore, brethren, liberty to enter into the 
holiest, by the blood of Jesus ; 

Let us draw near with a true heart, in full assurance 



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of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil con- 
science. 

Through him, we have access, by one Spirit, unto the 
Father. 

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abun- 
dantly, above all that we ask or think, according to the 
power that worketh in us ; unto him be glory in the 
Church, throughout all ages. 

Glory be, &c. 



Thirty- Second Canticle. 

FOR THE DAY OF THE RESURRECTION* 

J^ET us worship him who liveth for ever and ever. 

Let all creatures which are in heaven, and on the 
earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, 
and all that are in them, say, 

Blessing and honour, and glory and power, be unto 
him that sitteth on the throne, and to the Lamb, for 
ever and ever, 

God so loved the world, that he gave his only begot- 
ten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not 
perish, but have everlasting life. 

God commendeth his love towards us, in that while 
we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 

If when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God 



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by the death of his Son, much more being reconciled, 
shall we be saved by his life. 

Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the 
unjust, that he might bring us to God ; being put to 
death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit. 

He bare our sins in his own body, on the tree, that 
we being dead to sin, should live unto righteousness *; 
by whose stripes we are healed. 

Wherefore we bless thee, O Lord God, Creator and 
| Redeemer of the world, we extol thy power and praise 
thy mercy. 

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, who, according to his abundant mercy, hath 
begotten us again unto a lively hope, by the resurrec- 
tion of Jesus Christ from the dead. 

Glory be, &c* 



Thir ty- Third Can tide. 

FOR THE DAY OF THE ASCENSION. 

^ HE Lord said unto my Lord, sit thou at my right 
hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. 

The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of 
Zion, saying, rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. 

The Lord hath sworn and will not repent, thou art a 
priest for ever, after the order of Melchizedek. 



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0 ! clap your hands, all ye people : shout unto God 
with the voice of triumph. 

G-od is gone up with rejoicing, the Lord hath gone 
up with the song of victory. 

Lift up your heads, 0 ye gates, and be ye lift up ye 
everlasting doors, and the King of Glory shall come in. 

Who is the King of Glory ? It is the Lord, strong 
and mighty ; he is the King of Glory. 

Sing praises unto God, sing praises unto our King ; 
for God is the King of all the earth ; he reigneth over 
the nations ; he sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. 

Let all men how down before him, and let all the 
angels of God worship him. 

Thy throne, O God ! is for ever and ever : a sceptre 
of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. 

Thou didst ascend up on high ; thou didst lead cap- 
tivity captive ; thou hast received gifts for men. 

Thou art gone to thy Father's house, to prepare man- 
sions for us. 

Glory be, &c* 



Thirty-Fourth Canticle. 

FOR THK EVE OF THE ASCENSION, AND THE DAY AFTER. 

THE Lord reigneth; let the people tremble ; he sit- 
teth between the cherubim ; let the earth be moved. 



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He is high above all the earth ; he is exalted far above 
all the heavens. 

God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, hath highly 
exalted him, and given him a name, which is above 
every name : 

That, at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow, 
of things in heaven, and things on earth, and things 
under the earth : 

And that every tongue should confess, that Jesus 
Christ is Lord, to the glory of God, the Father. 

All power hath been given unto him in heaven and on 
earth. God hath put all things under his feet, and 
gave him to be the head over all things to the Church. 

We have liberty to enter into the holiest, by the 
blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, which he 
hath consecrated for us, through the vail, that is to say, 
his flesh. 

Let us draw near with a true heart, in full assurance 
of faith, having our hearts purified from an evil con- 
science, and our bodies washed with pure water. 

Let us come with confidence unto the throne of 
grace, that we may obtain mercy and help in time of 
need. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the 
Holy Ghost ; as it was in the beginning, is now, and 
ever shall be, world without end. Amen, 



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Thirty-Fifth Canticle. 

FOR PEXTECOST, 

OT unto us, O Lord ! not unto us, but unto thy 

name, give glory. 
Our God is in heaven : he doth whatsoever pleaseth 
him. 

The Lord hath been mindful of us : he will bless 
them that fear him, both small and great. 

Ye are blessed of the Lord, who made heaven and 
earth. 

He hath poured out his Spirit upon the posterity of 
his people. 

He hath put in them a new spirit, that they should 
walk in his commandments, and keep his laws ; 

To the end, that they might be his people, and that 
he might be their God. 

Who is so great a God as our God ? Thou art the 
God that doest wonders. 

Thou hast poured out thy Spirit upon all flesh, 

For to one, thou hast given by the Spirit, the word 
of wisdom ; to another, the word of knowledge by the 
same Spirit ; 

To another, faith by the same Spirit ; to another, 
prophecy. 

AJ1 these worketh that one and the self same Spirit, 
dividing to every man separately, as it hath pleased 
him. 

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Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings, 
in heavenly places, in Christ : 

According as he hath chosen ns in him, before the 
foundation of the world, that we should be holy and 
without blame before him. 

Glory be, &c. 



Thirty- Sixth Canticle. 

FOR PENTECOST. 

J> LESSED be the Lord our God, for he hath shown 
marvellous kindness, 

The Lord hath remembered his mercy and truth. 
Having exalted his Son to his right hand, he hath ful- 
filled this promise : 

I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh : your sons 
and your daughters shall prophecy. 

On my servants and on my hand maidens, I will pour 
out my Spirit. 

This promise was unto our fathers, and to their 
children, and to all that were afar off, even as many as 
the Lord, our God, shall call. 

Wherefore, O our God ! we bless thee as our bene- 
factor, and thou shalt ever be the subject of our songs. 

We will speak of thy greatness ; we will make known 

every where the remembrance of thy loving kindness. 
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Thy mercy, 0 Lord ! reacheth unto the heavens, and 
thy faithfulness unto the clouds. 

Ho ! all ye that thirst, come unto the waters. 

Blessed are they that do hunger and thirst after 
righteousness ; for they shall be filled. 

Our Father, who is in heaven, giveth his Holy Spirit 
to them that ask him. 

O God ! turn thy face from our sins, and blot out 
our iniquities. 

O God ! create in us clean hearts, and renew a right 
spirit within us. 

Cast us not away "from thy presence, and take not thy 
Holy Spirit from us. 

Let thy loving Spirit lead us forth into the land of 
righteousness. 

Glory be, &c. 



Thirty- Seventh Canticle. 



FOR PENTECOST. 



'J 1 HERE is therefore now no condemnation to them 
that are in Christ Jesus ; who walk not after the 
flesh but after the Spirit. 

The law of the Spirit of life, in Christ Jesus, hath 
made them free from the law of sin and death. 

We have received, not the spirit of the world, but 



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203 



the spirit which is of God ; that we might know the 
things that are freely given to us of God. 

The natural man receiveth not the Spirit of God, for 
they are foolishness unto him ; neither can he know 
them, because they are spiritually discerned. 

But he that is spiritual judgeth all things. 

Let us aim at spiritual gifts. For they that are after 
the flesh do mind the things of the flesh ; but they that 
are after the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. 

But we are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so 
be, that the Spirit of God dwelleth in us. 

This Spirit, which God sendeth into our hearts, con- 
vinceth us that we are no longer in bondage, but that 
we are his children, and if children, then heirs of God, 
through Jesus Christ. 

If the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the 
dead, dwell in us, he that raised up Christ from the 
dead, shall also quicken our mortal bodies, by his Spirit 
that dwelleth in us. 

Glory be, <fcc. 



Thirty-Eighth Canticle. 

FOli THE HOLY DAYS OF SEPTEMBER. 

Q GIVE thanks unto the Lord, for he is good ; his 
mercy endure th for ever. 



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[Part 



Let them that fear the Lord, now say that his mercy 
endureth for ever. 

The Lord is our strength, and the subject of our 
songs; he is our Redeemer. 

The Lord hath done marvellous things. 

He hath remembered his covenant : he hath visited 
and redeemed his people. 

God so loved the world, that he gave his only be- 
gotten Son ; that whosoever believeth in him should 
not perish, but have everlasting life. 

Let us praise him, let us glorify and bless his name. 

Let us give thanks unto God our Father, who hath 
made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the 
saints in light. 

Salvation cometh from our God, that sitteth upon the 
throne, and from the Lamb, for ever and ever. Amen. 

Blessing, glory, wisdom, thanksgiving, honour, power 
and strength, be unto our God, for ever and ever. 

Praise our God, all ye his servants, both small and 
great. 

The Lord our God Omnipotent, reigneth ; and we 
shall reign with him, for ever and ever. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the 
Holy Ghost ; as it was in the beginning, is now. and 
ever shall be, world without end. Amen. 



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205 



Thir ty-Nin t h Can tide. 

FOR THE HOLY DAYS OF SEPTEMBER. 

J N this was manifested the love of God towards us ; 

because that God sent his only begotten Son into 
the world, that we might live through him. 

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he 
loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our 
sins. 

Let us love God, because he first loved us. 

The Lord hath remembered his mercy and truth, for 
they endure for ever. 

For thy name's sake, O Lord ! be merciful unto our 
sins, although they are great. 

Behold what manner of love the Father hath be- 
stowed upon us, that we should be called the children 
of God ; 

And if children, then heirs ; heirs of God, and joint 
heirs with Christ. 

Since we call upon him as a Father, who, without 
respect of persons, judgeth according to every man's 
j^vork ; let us pass the time of our sojourning here in 
fear. 

Let the name of our Lord Jesus Christ be glorified in 
us, and let us be glorified in him, according to the grace 
of our God, and the Lord Jesus Christ. 

Glory be, <fec. 



206 CANTICLES. [Part 

Fortieth Canticle. 

FOR THE COMMUNION. 

E will praise thee, 0 God ! we will exalt thy name 
for ever ; 

For all the earth is fall of thy goodness, of thy glory 
! and of thy mercy. 

Bless the Lord, 0 my soul, and all that is within me, 
praise his holy name. 

Who forgiveth all thy sin, and healeth all thine infir- 
mities. 

The Lord is full of compassion and mercy, iong suf- 
fering and of great goodness. 

He hath not dealt with us after our sins, nor rewarded 
us according to our iniquities. 

For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great 
is his mercy towards them that fear him. 

As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he 
removed our transgressions from us. 

Yea, like as a Father pitieth his own children, even 
so, is the Lord merciful unto us. 

For when we were his enemies, and while we were 
yet sinners, he gave us his only begotten Son, that tn^ 
might live through him. 

He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him 
up to die for us all, how shall he not with him also, 
freely give us all things. 

Let my heart and my mouth show forth the praises 
: of the Lord. 

Glory be, &c. 



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For ty-Firs t Can tic le. 

FOR THE COMMUNION. 

J^ET us praise the Lord our God, and extol his mercy 
towards his people, and towards his elect. 

He showeth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and 
judgments unto Israel: 

He hath not dealt so with any nation. 

Thou also, O God ! art praised in Zion, and unto thee 
is the vow of thy people performed. 

Blessed are the people, O Lord! who rejoice in thee ; 
they shall walk in the light of thy countenance. 

Their delight shall be daily in thy name ; and in thy 
righteousness shall they make their boast. 

We, who in times past, were not his people, are now 
the people of God. 

He hath made us a chosen generation, a royal priest- 
hood, a holy nation, a peculiar people ; 

That we should show forth the praises of him who 
hath called us out of darkness, unto his marvellous light. 

Herein will our Father be glorified, if we bear much 
fruit : so shall we be truly the disciples of his Son. 

We shall abide in his love, until he shall come to be 
glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them 
that believe. 

Glory be, etc. 



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[Part 



Forty- Second Canticle. 

FOR THE COMMUNIOX. 

Q ! COME and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will 
declare what he hath done for my soul. 

The Lord hath remembered his tender mercies and 
his loving kindnesses, which have been ever of old. 

Our misdeeds had prevailed against us : thou hast 
taken away our transgressions. 

God is not willing that any should perish, but that all 
should come to repentance. 

He sent his Son to give repentance to Israel, and for- \ 
giveness of sins. 

In this was manifested the love of God towards us, 
because that God sent his only begotten Son into the 
world, that we might live through him. 

Let us show forth the Lord's death, till he come. 

The bread, which we break, is it not the communion 
of the body of Christ 3 

The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the com- 
munion of the blood of Christ ? 

To me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 

Thanks be unto God, for this unspeakable gift. 

Glory be, &c. 



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209 



Forty-Third Canticle. 

FOR THE COMMUNION. 

I 

Q ! GIVE thanks unto the Lord, for lie is good, for 
his mercy endureth for ever. 

Let the redeemed of the Lord say so ; such as sat in 
darkness, and in the shadow of death ; 

Who had rebelled against the word of God, and con- 
temned the counsel of the Most High. 

He hath brought them out of darkness, and the sha- 
dow of death ; he hath broken their bonds in sunder. 

O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his 
goodness, and for .his wonderful works to the children 
of men ! 

This salvation hath been declared in the Gospel* of 
Jesus Christ, 

Who of God, is made unto us wisdom, and righteous- 
ness, and sanctification, and redemption. 

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of 
him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace ; 

That bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth 
salvation ; that saith unto Zion, thy God reigneth. 

Let us thank God always for the grace, which is given 
us through Jesus Christ ; 

That in every thing being enriched by him, we may 
be wanting in no gift, waiting for the coming of our 
Lord Jesus Christ. 

God is faithful, by whom we are called unto the fel- 
lowship of his Son Jesus Christ. 



210 CANTICLES. 

Blessed is the people whom the Lord hath chosen for 
his own inheritance. 

He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the 
Holy Ghost ; as it was in the beginning, is now, and # 
ever shall be, world without end. Amen. 



CONFESSION 

DE - 

FOI, 

FAIT D'UN COMMUN ACCORD 
PAR LES 

EGLISES REFORMEES 

DU 

ROYAUME DE FRANCE. 



ARTICLE I. 

Nous croyons et confessons qu'il y 
a un seul Dieu, qui est une seule et sim- 
ple essence, spirituelle, eternelle, invi- 
sible, immuable, infinie, incomprehen- 
sible, ineffable, qui peut toutes choses, 
qui est toute sage, toute bonne, toute 
juste, et toute misericordieuse. 



CONFESSION 

OF 

FAITH, 

MADE BY COMMON CONSENT 

OF THE 

REFORMED CHURCHES 

OF THE 

KINGDOM OF FRANCE. 

ARTICLE I. 

We believe and confess that there is 
but one God, who is a single and sim- 
ple essence, spiritual, eternal, invisible, 
immutable, infinite, incomprehensible, 
ineffable, omnipotent, who is alLwise, 
all-good, all-just, and all-merciful. 



II, — Ce Dieu se manifeste tel aux 
hommes, premierement, parses ceuvres, 
tant par la creation que par la conser- 
vation et conduite d'icelles. Seconde- 
ment et plus clairement par sa Parole, 
laquelle au commencement revelee par 
Oracles, a ete puis apres redigee par 
ecrit aux livres que nous appellons 
l'Ecriture Sainte. 

III. — Toute cette Ecriture Sainte est 
comprise aux livres Canoniques du 
Vieux et Nouveau Testament: des- 
quels le nombre s'ensuit. Les cinq Li- 
vres de Moise ; assavoir Genese, Ex- 
ode, Levitique, Nombres,Deuteronome. 
Item, Josue, Juges, Ruth, le premier 
et second livre de Samuel, le premier et 



II. — This God manifests himself such 
unto men : first, by his works, as well 
in their creation, as in their preservation 
and government. Secondly, and more 
clearly, by his word, which, revealed in 
the beginning by oracles, was after- 
wards reduced to writing, in the books 
which we call the Holy Scriptures. 



III.— These Holy Scriptures are com- 
prised in the Canonical Books of the 
Old and New Testament, the number 
of which is as follows : The five Books 
of Moses: namely, Genesis, Exodus, 
Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy ; al- 
so Joshua, Judges, Ruth, the first and 
second book of Samuel, the first and 



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second livre des Rois, le premier et se- 
cond livre des Croniques, autrement dits 
Paraliporaenon, le premier livre d'Es- 
dras. Item, Nehemie, de livre d'Esther, 
Job, les Pseaumes de David, les Pro- 
| verbes oil Sentences de Salomon: le 
livre de l'Ecclesiaste, dit le Precheur, 
le Cantique de Salomon. Item, le li- 
vre d'Esaie, Jeremie, Lamentations de 
Jeremie, Ezechiel, Daniel, Osee, Joel, 
Amos, Abdias, Jonas, Michee, Na- 
hum, Abakuc, Sophonie, Aggee, Za- 
cbarie, Malachie. Item, le Saint Evan- 
gile, selon S. Matthieu, selon S. Marc, 
selon S. Luc, et selon S. Jean. Item, 
le second livre de S. Luc, autrement dit 
les Actes des Apotres. Item, les Epi- 
tres de S. Paul, aux Romains une, aux 
Corinthiens deux, aux Galates une, aux 
Ephesiens une, aux Phiiippiens une, 
aux Colossiens une, aux Thessaloni- 
ciens deux, a Timothee deux, a Tite 
une, a Philemon une. Item, l'Epitre 
aux Hebreux, l'Epitre de S. Jaques, la 
premiere et seconde Epitre de S. Pierre, 
la premiere deuxieme ettroisieme Epi- 
tre de S. Jean, l'Epitre de S. Jude. 
Item, l'Apocalypse on Revelation de 
S. Jean. 



IV. — Nous connoisons ces livres etre 
Canoniques, et la regie tres certaine de 
ootre Foi : non tant par le commun ac- 
cord et consentement de l'Eglise, que 
par le ternoignage et persuasion inte- 
rieure du S. Esprit, qui nous les fait 
disceraer d'avec les autres Ecclesias- 
tiques, sur lesquels, encore qu'il soient 
utiles, on ne peut fonder aucun Article 
de fbi. 

V. — Nous croyons que la Parole qui 
est continue en ces livres, est procedee 
de Dieu, duquel seul elle prend son au- 
torite , et non des hommes. Et d'autant 
qu'elle est la regie de toute verite, con- 
tenant tout ce qui est neceessaire pour 
le service de Dieu et de notre salut, il 
n'est pas loisible aux hommes, ni meme 



second book of Kings, the first and se- 
cond book of Chronicles, otherwise 
called Paralipomenon. The first book 
of Esdras, also, Nehemiah, the book of 
Esther, Job, the Psalms of David, the 
Proverbs or Sentences of Solomon, the 
book of Ecclesiastes, called the Preach- 
er, the Song of Solomon, also, the book 
of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations of 
Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, 
Amos, Obadiah, Jonas, Micah, Na- 
hum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, 
Zachariah, Malachi. Also, the Holy 
Gospel according to St. Matthew, ac- 
cording to St. Mark, according to St. 
Luke, and according to St. John. Also, 
the second book of St. Luke, otherwise 
called the Acts of the Apostles. Also, 
the Epistles of St. Paul, to the Ro- 
mans 1, to the Corinthians 2, to the Ga- 
latians 1, to the Ephesians 1, to the 
Phillippians 1, to the Colossians 1, to 
the Thessalonians 2, to Timothy 2, to 
Titus 1, to Philemon 1. Also, the Epis- 
tle to the Hebrews, the Epistle of St. 
James, the fast and second Epistle of 
St. Peter, the first, second and third 
Epistle of St. John, the Epistle of St. 
Jude. Also, the Apocalypse or Reve- 
lation of St. John, 

IV. — We know these books to be ca- 
nonical, and the sure rule of our faith, 
not so much by the common agreement 
and consent of the Church, as by the 
internal testimony and persuasion of the 
Holy Spirit, who enables us to distin- 
guish them from the other ecclesiastical 
books, upon which, although they may 
be useful, we cannot found any article 
of faith, 

V. — We believe that the word, which 
is contained in these books, proceeded 
from God, from whom only it derives 
its authority, and not from men : and 
forasmuch as it is the rule of all truth, 
containing all that is necessary for the 
service of God, and for our salvation, it 
is not lawful for men, nor even for an- 



CONFESSION OF FAITH. 213 



aux Anges, d'y ajouter, diminuer ou 
changer. D'oii il s'ensuit que ni anti- 
quite, ni les coutumes, ni la multitude, 
ni la sagesse humaine, ni les jugemens, 
ni les arrets, ni les edits, ni les decrets, 
ni les conciles, ni les visions, ni les mi- 
racles, ne doivent etre opposez a cette 
Ecriture Sainte; mais au contraire, 
toutes choses doivent etre examinees, 
reglees, et reformees selon elle. Et sui- 
vant cela nous avoiions les trois Sym- 
boles, savior des Apotres, de Nicee, et 
d'Athanese, parce qu'ilssont conformes 
a la Parole de Dieu. 



gels, to add to it, diminish, or change 
it. Hence it follows, that neither anti- 
quity, nor customs, nor the multitude, 
nor human wisdom, nor judgments, nor 
acts, nor edicts, nor decrees, nor coun- 
cils, nor visions, nor miracles, ought to 
be opposed to these Holy Scriptures ; 
but, on the contrary, all things ought to 
be examined, ordered aud reformed, ac- 
cording to them : and we do therefore, 
acknowledge the three creeds, namely, 
of the Apostles, of Nice, and of Atha- 
nasius, because they are conformable to 
the word of God. 



VI. — Cette Ecriture Sainte nous en- 
seigne qu'en cette seule et simple essence 
Divine, que nous avons confessee, il y a 
trois personnes, le Pere, le Fils, et le S. 
Esprit. Le Pere, premiere cause, prin- 
cipe et origine de toutes choses. Le 
Fils, sa Parole et Sapience eternelle. 
Le S. Esprit, sa vertu, puissance et effi- 
cace. Le Fils, eternellement engendre 
du Pere. Le S. Esprit, procedant eter- 
nellement de tous deux : les trois per- 
sonnes non confuses, mais distinctes, et 
toutefois non divisees, mais d'une meme 
essence, eternite, puissance et egalite. 
Et en cela avoiions ce qui a ete deter- 
mine par les Conciles Anciens, et detes- 
tons toutes sectes et heresies qui ont 
ete rejettees par les Saints Docteurs, 
comme S. Hilaire, S. Athanase, S. 
Ambroise, et S. Cyrille. 



VII.— Nous croyons que Dieu en trois 
personnes co-operantes, par sa vertu sa- 
gesse et bonte incomprehensible, a cree 
toutes choses, non seulementle Ciel, la 
Terre et tout ce qui y est contenu ; mais 
aussi les esprits invisibles, desquels les 
uns sont dechus et trebuchez en perdi- 
tion, les autres ont persiste en obe'is- 
sance. Q,ue les premiers s'etant corrom- 
pus en malice, sont ennemis de tout 
,bien, par consequent de toute l'Eglise. 
Les seconds ay ant ete pre serve z par la 
grace de Dieu sont Ministres pour glo- 



VI. — These Holy Scriptures teach us, 
that in this single and simple divine es- 
sence which we have confessed, there 
are three persons, the Father, the Son, 
and the Holy Spirit. The Father, the 
first cause, the principle, and the origin 
of all things; the Son, his word and 
eternal wisdom; the Holy Spirit, his 
virtue, power and efficacy. The Son 
eternally begotten of the Father ; the 
Holy Spirit proceeding from both ; the 
three persons not confounded, but dis- 
tinct, and nevertheless not divided, but 
of the same essence, eternity, power 
and equality. And in this we acknow- 
ledge what was determined by the an- 
cient councils, and we detest all sects 
and heresies, which are rejected by the 
Holy Doctors, such as St. Hilary, St. 
Athanasius, St. Ambrose, and St. Cy- 
rill. 

VII. — We believe that God, in three 
cooperating persons, by his incompre- 
hensible power, wisdom and goodness, 
created all things, not only the heavens, 
the earth, and all that in them is, but 
also the invisible spirits, of whom some 
are fallen and sunk into perdition, oth- 
ers have remained steadfast in obe- 
dience: that the first, being corrupt 
through malice, are enemies of all good, 
consequently of the whole Church ; that 
the second, having been preserved by 
the grace of God, are ministers to glo- 



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rifier le nom de Dieu, et servir au salut 
de ses elus. 

VIII. — Nous croyons que non seule- 
ment il a cree toutes choses, mais qu'il 
les gouverne et conduit, disposant, or- 
donnant selon sa volonte de tout ce qui 
avient au Monde: non pas qu'il soit 
auteur du mal, ou que la coulpe lui en 
puisse etre imputee, vu que sa volonte 
est la regie souveraine et infaillible de 
toute droiture et e quite : mais il a des 
moyens admirables de se servir teUement 
des diables et des medians, qu'il sait 
convertir en bien le mal qu'il font, et 
duquel ils sont coupables. Et ainsi, en 
confessant que rien ne se fait sans la 
providence de Dieu, nous adorons en 
humilite les secrets qui nous sont ca- 
cbez, sans nous enquirer par- dessus notre 
mesure : mais plutot appliquons a notre 
usage ce qui nous est montre en 1'Ecri- 
ture Sainte pour etre en repos et surete, 
d'autant que Dieu, qui a toutes choses 
sujettes a soi, veille sur nous d'un soin 
paternel, tellement qu'il ne tombera 
point un cheveu de notre tete sans sa 
volonte. Et cependant il tient les dia- 
bles et tous nos emiemis bridez, en sorte 
qu'ils ne nous peuvent faire aucune nui- 
sance sans son conge. 

IX. —Nous croyons que 1'homme ay ant 
ete cree pur et entier, et conforme a 
l'image de Dieu, est par sa propre faute 
dechu de la grace qu'il avoit recue. Et 
ainsi s'est aliene deDieu, qui est la fon- 
taine de justice et de tous biens, en sorte 
que sa nature est du tout corrornpue. 
Et etant aveugle en son esprit, et de- 
prave en son cceur, a perdu toute inte- 
grite sans avoir rien de reste. Et bien 
qu'il ait encore quelque discretion du 
bien et du mal, nonobstant nous disons, 
que ce qu'il a de clarte, se convertit en 
tenebres, quand il est question de cher- 
cher Dieu : tellement q'il n'en peut 
nullement approcher parson intelligence 
et raison. Et bien qu'il ait une volonte 
par laquelle il est incite a faire ceci ou 



rify the name of God, and to aid in the 
salvation of his elect. 

VIII. —We believe that he not only 
created all things, but that he governs 
and directs them, disposing and ordering 
according to his will every thing which 
comes to pass in the world : not that he 
is the author of evil, or that sin can 
thence be imputed to him, seeing that 
his will is the supreme and unerring rule 
of all right and equity ; but that he pos- 
sesses wonderful means of so availing 
himself of the devils and of the wicked, 
that he knows how to convert into good 
the evil which they do, and of which j 
they are guilty. And thus, in confess- 
ing that nothing comes to pass without 
the providence of God, we humbly 
adore the secrets, which are hidden from 
us, without inquiring beyond our capa- 
city ; but rather let us apply to our use 
that which is set forth in the Holy Scrip- 
tures for our peace and safety, since 
God, who has all things subject to him, 
watches over us with paternal care, so 
that not a hair shall fall from our heads 
without his will. And in the mean- 
while he restrains the devils and all our 
enemies, so that they can do us no harm 
except by his permission. 

IX. — We believe that man, having 
been created pure and perfect, and in 
the image of God, has by his own fault 
fallen from the grace which he had re- 
ceived, and has thus alienated himself 
from God, who is the fountain of right- 
eousness and of all good, so that his 
nature is altogether corrupt, and being j 
blinded in his understanding and de- 
praved in his heart, has lost all inno- j 
cence, having nothing left. And al- 
though he still has some discernment of i 
good and evil, nevertheless we say that 
light is turned into darkness, when he 
desires to seek God, so that he can by 

no means draw nigh unto him by his 
own intelligence and reason. And a], 
though he has a will, by which he is 



I 



CONFESSION 

cela : toutefois elle est du tout captive 
sous peche en sorte qu'il n'a nulle li- 
berte a bien, que celle que Dieu lui 
donne. 

X. — Nous croyons que toute la lignee 
d'Adam est infectee de telle contagion, 
qui est le peche originel, et un vice 
hereditaire, et non pas seulement une 
imitation, comme les Pelagiens ont 
voulu dire, lesquels nous detestons en 
leurs erreurs. Et n'estimons pas qu'il 
soit besoin de s'enquerir comme le peche 
vient d'un homme a l'autre, vu que c'est 
assez, que ce que Dieu lui avoit donne 
n'etoit pas pour lui seul, mais pour 
toute sa lignee : et ainsi, qu'en la per- 
sonne d'ieelui nous avons ete denuez de 
tous biens, et sommes trebuchez en toute 
pauvrete et malediction. 

XI. — Nous croyons aussi que ce vice 
est vraiment peche, qui suffit a con- 
damner tout le genre humain, jusques 
aux petits enfans des le ventre de la 
mere, et que pour tel il est repute devant 
Dieu ; meme qu'apres le Bapteme, 
c'est toujours peche quant a la coulpe, 
bien que la condamnation en soit abolie 
aux enfans de Dieu, ne la leur imputant 
point par sa bonte gratuite. Outre ce- 
la, que c'est une perversite produisant 
toujours des fruits de malice et de rebel- 
lion, tels que les plus saints, encore 
qu'ils y resistent ne laissent point d'etre 
entachez d'infirmitez et de fautes, pen- 
dant qu'ils habitent en ce monde. 

XII. — Nous croyons que de cette cor- 
ruption et condamnation generale, en 
laquelle tous les hommes sont plongez, 
Dieu retire ceux, lesquels en son Conseil 
eternel et immuable, il a elus par sa 
seule bonte et misericorde en notre Seig- 
neur Jesus-Christ sans consideration de 
de leurs oeuvres, laissant des autres en 
cette meme corruption et condamna- 
tion, pour demontrer en eux sa justice, 
comme aux premiers il fait luire les 
richesses de sa misericorde. Car les uns 



OF FAITH. 215 

moved to do this or that, this will is ne- 
vertheless subject to sin, so that he is 
not free to do good, except so far as God 
enables him. 

X.— We believe that the whole race 
of Adam is infected with the like con- 
tagion, which is Original Sin, and a 
hereditary defect, and not merely an 
imitation, as the Pelagians would say, 
whom we detest in their errors. And 
let us not deem it necessary to inquire 
how sin passeth from one man to an- 
other, seeing it sufficeth, that what God 
had given him was not for himself only, 
but for all his race, and thus that in his 
person we have been divested of all 
good, and are fallen into all poverty and 
condemnation. 



XI. — We believe also, that this defect . 
is truly sin, which sufficeth to condemn 
the whole human race, even little child- 
ren from the mother's womb, and that 

it is accounted such before God. That 
even after baptism, it is still sin as to its 
blame-worthiness, although condemna- 
tion therefor be abolished in the children 
of God, he not imputing it to them, 
through his free grace. Moreover, that 
it is a perversity, producing always such 
fruits of malice and rebellion, that the 
most holy, although they do resist it, 
cease not to be stained by infirmities 
and errors, whilst they sojourn in this 
world. 

XII. — We believe that from this gene- 
ral corruption and condemnation, into 
which all men are plunged, God re- 
deemeth those, whom by his eternal and 
immutable counsel, he hath elected, 
through his mere goodness and mercy, 
in our Lord Jesus Christ, without consi- 
deration of their works, leaving the rest 
in the same corruption and condemna- 
tion, to show forth in them his justice, 
as upon the first he causes to shine the 
riches of his mercy. For these are in I 



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ne sont point meilleurs que les autres, 
jusques a ce que Dieu lesdiscerne, selon 
son Conseil imrnuable, qu'il a deter- 
mine en Jesus-Christ, devant la creation 
dn Monde : et nnl aussi ne se ponrroit 
introdnire a un tel bien de sa propre ver- 
tu, vu qne de notre natnre nons ne pou- 
vons avoir nn senl bon monvement.ni af- 
fection, ni pensee, jnsqnes a ce qne Dieu 
nbns ait prevenus et nons y ait disposez. 

XIII. — Nous croyons qu'en icelni Je- 
sus-Cbrist tout ce qci etoit reqnis a notre 
salut nous a ete offert et communique. 
Lequel nous etant donne a salut, nous 
a ete quant et quant fait sapience, jus- 
tice, sanctifi cation et redemption: en 
sorte qu'en declinant de lui, on renonce 
a la misericorde du Pere, oil il nous 
convient avoir refuge unique. 



XIV. — Nous croyons que Jesus-Christ 
etant la sagesse de Dieu, et son Fils 
eternel, a vetu notre chair, afin d'etre 
Dieu et homme en une personne, meme 
homme semblable a nous, passible en 
corps et en ame, sinon entant qu'il a 
ete pur de toute macule. Et quant a 
sonhumanite, qu'il a ete vraye semence 
d'Abraham et de David, bien qu'il ait 
ete concu par la vertu secrete du Sainte 
Esprit. En quoi, nous detestons toutes 
les heresies, qui ont anciennement trou- 
ble les Eglises : et notamment aussi les 
imaginations diaboliques de Servet, le- 
quel attribue au Seigneur Jesus une 
divinite fantastique, d'autant qu'il le 
dit etre idee et Patron de toutes choses, 
et le nomme Fils personnel ou figuratif 
de Dieu : Et finalement lui forge un 
corps de trois elemens increez, ainsi 
mesle et detruit toutes les deux natures. 



XV.— Nous croyons qu'en une meme 
personne assavoir Jesus-Christ, les deux 
natures sont vraiment et inseparable- 



no wise better than those, until God 
separates them according to his immu- 
table counsel, which he determined in 
Jesus Christ, before the foundation of 
the world : And moreover, no one can 
attain unto such good of his own merits, 
seeing that by our nature we are inca- 
pable of a single good emotion, affec- 
tion, or thought, until God hath pre- 
pared and disposed us thereto. 

XIII. — We believe that through this 
same Jesus Christ, all that was neces- 
sary for our salvation has been offered 
and communicated to us. Who, being 
given to us for our salvation, has at the 
same time been made unto us wisdom, 
righteousness, sanctification and redemp- 
tion: So that in falling away or with- 
drawing from him, we renounce the 
mercy of tbe Father, who should be our 
only refuge. 

XIV. — We believe that Jesus Christ, 
being the wisdom of God and his eter- 
nal Son, took upon him our flesh, to the 
end that he might be God and man in 
one person, very man, like unto us, lia- 
ble to suffering in body and soul, only 
that he was pure and without spot. 
And as to his humanity, that he was 
the true seed of Abraham and David, 
although he was conceived by the secret 
power of the Holy Spirit. Herein we 
detest all the heresies which in former 
times troubled the churches, and espe- 
cially also, the diabolical imaginations 
of Servetus, who attributes to the Lord 
Jesus a fantastic divinity, inasmuch as 
he says that he is the idea and pattern 
of all things, and calls him the personal 
or figurative Son of God, and finally 
devises for him a body composed of 
three uncreated elements, thus con- 
founding and destroying the two na- 
tures. 

XV. — We believe that in one and the 
same person, namely, Jesus Christ, the 
two natures are truly and inseparably 



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217 



■stent-- conjointes et unies, demeurant 
neanmoins chacune nature en sa pro- 
priety distincte : tellement que corame 
en cette conjonction la nature Divine, 
retenantsa propriete, est demeuree in- 
cree, infinie, et remplissant toutes cho- 
ses : aussi la nature humaine est de- 
meuree finie, ayant-sa forme, mesure et 
propriete, et meme bien que Jesus- 
Christ en ressuscitant ait donne l'im- 
mortalite a son corps, toutefois il ne lui 
a pas 6,e la verite de sa nature. Et 
ainsi, nous le considerons tellement en 
sa divinite, que nous ne le depuillons 
point de son humanite. 



conjoined and united, each nature pre- 
serving, however, its distinctive pro- 
perty: so that as in this union, the Divine 
nature retaining its property, still con- 
tinued uncreated, infinite, and filling all 
tilings, so the human nature still conti- 
nued finite, having its form, measure 
and property, and even although Jesus 
Christ, in rising from the dead, hath 
given immortality to his body, never- 
theless he hath not taken from it the 
reality of its natuie: and thus we so 
consider him in his divinity, that we 
di vest him not of his humanity. 



XVI. — Nous crcyons que Dieu en- 
voyant son Fils, a voulu montrer son 
amour et bonte inestimable en vers nous, 
en le livrant a la mort, et le ressuscitant 
pour accomplir toute justice, et pour 
nous acquerir la vie celeste. 



XVI.— We believe that God, in send- 
ing his Son, was willing to manifest 
his inestimable love and goodness to- 
wards us, by delivering him up to death, 
and raising him again to fulfil all right- 
eousness., and lo obtain for us eternal 
life. 



XVII. — Nous croyons que par le sa- 
crifice unique, que le Seigneur Jesus 
a offert en la croix, nous sommes recon- 
ciliez a Dieu, pour etre tenus et reputez 
justes devant lui : parce que nous ne lui 
pouvons etre agreables, ni etre partici- 
pans de son adoption, sinon d'autant 
qu'il nous pardonne nos fautes, et les 
ensevelit. Ainsi nous protestons que 
Jesus- Christ est notre lavement entier et 
parfait: qu'en sa mort nous avons en- 
tiere satisfaction pour nous acquitter de 
nos forfaits et iniquitez, dont nous som- 
mes coupables, et ne pouvors etre de- 
livrez que par ce remede. 

XVIII. — Nous croyons que toute no- 
tre justice est fondee en la remission de 
nos pechez, comme aussi c'est notre 
seule felicite, comme dit David. C'est 
pourquois nous rejettons tous autres 
moyens ne nous pouvoir justifier devant 
Dieu ; et sans presumer de nulles vertus 
ni merites, nous nous tenons simplement 
a l'obe'issance de Jesus-Christ, laquelle 
nous est allouee, tant pour couvrir 

10 



XVII. — We believe that by the one 
sacrifice, which the Lord Jesus offered 
upon the cross, we are reconciled to 
God , so as to be esteemed and account- 
ed righteous before him, because we 
cannot be acceptable to him, nor 
be partakers of his adoption, except so 
far as he pardons our faults and blots 
them out. Thus we declare that Jesus 
Christ is our entire and perfect purifica- 
tion, that in his death we have complete 
satisfaction, to acquit us of the tres- 
passes and sins whereof we are guilty, 
and from whieh we can be delivered 
only by this means. 

XVIII. — We believe that all our 
righteousness is founded on the remis- 
sion of our sins, as it is also our only 
blessedness, as David said. Wherefore, 
we reject all other means of being able 
to justify ourselves before God, and 
without presuming on any virtue or 
merit of our own, we rely simply on 
the obedience of Jesus Christ, which is 
imputed to us as well to cover all our 



218 CONFESSION OF FAITH. 



toutes nos fautes, que pour nons faire 
trouver grace et faveur devant Dieu. 
Et de fait, nous croyons qu'en declinant 
de ce fondement taut peu que ce soit, 
nous de pourrions trouver ailleurs aucun 
repos, mais serions toujours agitez d'in- 
quietude: d'autant que jamais nous ne 
sommes paisibles avec Dieu, jusques a 
ce que nous soyions bien resolus d'etre 
aimez en Jesus- Christ, vu que nous 
sommes digues d'etre hais en nous 
memes. 

XIX. — Nous croyons que c'est parce 
moyen, que nous avons liberte et privi- 
lege d'invoquerDieu, avec ple:nefianc3 
qu'il ce montrera notre Pere. Car nous 
n'aurions aucun acces au Pere, si nous 
n'etions addressez par ce Mediateur. 
Et pour etre exaucez en son Nom, il 
convient tenir notre vie de lui comme de 
notre chef. 

XX. — Nous croyons que nous sommes 
faits participant de cette justice par la 
seule fois: comme il est dit, qu'il a 
souffert pour nous acquerir le salut, afin 
que quiconque croira en lui, ne perisse 
point. Et que cela ce fait, d'autant 
que les promesses de vie, que nous sont 
donnees en ldi, sont appropriees a r.otre 
usage, et en sentons l'effet, quand nous 
les acceptons, ne doutant point qu'etant 
assurez par la bouche de Dieu, nous ne 
serous point frustrez. Amsi la justice 
que nous obtenons par la foi depend des 
promesses gratuites, par lesquelles Dieu 
nous declare et testifie qu'il nous aime. 



XXI. — Nous croyons que nous som- 
mes illuminez en la foi par la grace se- 
crete du Sainte Esprit, tellement que 
c'est un don gratuit et particulier que 
Dieu depart a ceux que bon lui semble, 
en sorte que les fideles n'ont dequoi s'en 
glorifies etant obligez au double, de 
ce qu'ils out ete preferez aux autrez. 
Me me que la foi n'est pas seulement 
baillee pour un coup aux elus pour les 



faults, as to enable us to find grace and 
favour before God. And, indeed, we 
believe that in falling away from this 
foundation, ever so little, we could find 
no comfort elsewhere, but should be 
always disquieted: so that we never are 
at peace with God, until we are fully 
resolved to be loved in Jesus Christ, 
seeing that in ourselves we deserve to be 
hated. 



XIX. — We believe that we have by 
this means, the liberty and privilege of 
calling upon Go.I, with full confidence 
that he will manifest himself our Fath- 
er. For we should have no access to the 
Father, save through this Mediator. 
And that to be heard in his name, we 
must hold our life of him, as our head. 



XX. — We believe that we are made 
partakers of this righteousness by faith 
only, as it is said, he suffered to pur- 
chase salvation for us, to the end that 
whosoever believeth in him shall not 
perish, and that this doth come to pass, 
inasmuch as the promises of life which 
are given to us in him, are appropriated 
to our use, and we feel their influence, 
when we accept them, nothing doubt- 
ing, but that being assured by the mouth 
of God, we shall not be frustrated. 
Thus the righteousness which we obtain 
through faith, depends on the gracious 
promises by which God declares and 
testifies to us that he loves us. 

XXI. — We believe that we are en- 
lightened in faith, by the secret grace of 
tbe Holy Spirit, so that it is a free and 
special gift, which God imparts to 
whomsoever he pleaseth, so that the 
faithful have nothing wherein to glory, 
being under a twofold obligation, foras- 
much as they have been preferred to 
others. Moreover, that faith is not 
vouchsafed to the elect, only for a time, 



CONFESSION OF FAITH. 



219 



introdtiire au bon chemin, mais pourles 
y faire continuer aussi jusques au bout. 
Car comme c'est a Dieu de faire le com- 
mencem°nt, aussi c'esc a lui de para- 
chever. 

XXII. — Nous croyons que par cette 
foi nous sommes regenerez en nou- 
veaute de vie, etant naturellement as- 
servis a peche. Or nous recevons par 
foi la grace de vivre saintement, et 
en la crainte de Dieu, en recevant la 
promesse qui nous est donnee par l'Ev- 
angile, savoir que Dieu nous donnera 
son S. Esprit. Ainsi la foi non settle- 
ment ne refroidit pas l'affection de bien 
et saintement vivre, mais l'engendre et 
excite en nous, produisant necessaire- 
ment les bonnes oeuvres. Au reste , bien 
que Dieu, pour accoraplir notre salut, 
nous regenere, nous reforraant a bien 
faire, toutefois nous confessons que les 
bonnes oeuvres, que nous faisons par la 
conduite de son Esprit, ne viennent 
point en compte pour nous justifies ou 
meriter que Dieu nous tienne pour ses 
enfans, parce que nous serions toujours 
flottans en doute et inquietude, si nos 
consciences ne s'appuyoienl sur la satis- 
faction par laquelle Jesus- Christ nous a 
acquittez. 

XXIII. — Nous croyons que toutes les 
figures de la Loi ont pris tin a la venue 
de Jesus- Christ. Mais bien que les 
ceremonies ne soient plus en usage, 
neanmoins la substance et verite nous 
en est demeuree en la personne de celui 
auquel git tout accomplissement. Au 
surplus, il nous fait aider de la Loi et 
des Prophetes, tant pour regler notre 
vie, que pour etre confirmez aux pro- 
messes de l'Evangile. 

XXIV-— Nous croyons, puis que Je- 
sus-Christ nous est donne pour seul 
Avocat, et qu'il nous commande de 
nous retirer privement en son Nom vers 
son Pere : et meme qu'il ne nous est pas 
licite de priej sinon en suivant la forme 



to lead them into the right way, but 
also to enable them to continue therein, 
even unto the end. For as it is with 
God to begin, so likewise is it for him 
to finish. 

XXII.— We believe that through this 
faith we are regenerate in newness 
of life, being naturally under bondage 
to sin, but now we receive by faith, the 
grace to live in holiness, and in the fear 
of God, on receiving the promise which 
is given to us by the Gospel, namely, 
that God will give us his Holy Spirit. 
Thus faith not only does not lessen the 
desire to live well and holily, but begets 
and excites it in us, producing necessa- 
rily good works : finally, although God, 
in order to bring about our salvation, 
regenerates us, fashioning us anew unto 
well doing, nevertheless we confess that 
the eood works which we do under the 
guidance of his Spirit are accounted 
nothing in justifying us, or in rendering 
us worthy to be esteemed the children of 
God, because we should be always wa- 
vering in doubt and disquiet, if our 
consciences did not rest upon the satis- 
faction by which Jesus Christ has ac- 
quitted us. 



XXIII. -We believe that all the 
types of the law were fulfilled at the 
coming of Jesus Christ ; but although 
its ceremonies are no longer in use, ne- 
vertheless their substance and truth have 
remained to us in the person of him in 
whom all things were accomplished. 
Moreover, w e must seek for help from 
the law and the prophets, as well to 
regulate our lives as to be confirmed in 
the promises of the Gospel. 

XXIV. — We- believe, since Jesus 
Christ is given to us as our only advo- 
cate, and since he commands us to draw 
nigh unto his Father secretly in his 
name, and since it is not even lawful 
for us to pray, save as God hath en- 



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CONFESSION OF FAITH. 



Que Dieu nous a dictee par sa Parole : 
que tout ce que les homines out iniagi- 
nee de 1 'intercession des Saints trepas- 
sezj n'est qu'abus et faUa .-e de Satan, 
pour faire devoyerles hcmmes de la 
forme de bien prier. Nous rejettons 
aussi tons autres rnoyens que les hcmmes 
presument avoir pour se racheter envers 
Dieu, comme derogeans au sacrifice de 
la mort et passion de Jesus-Christ. Fi- 
nalement nous tenons le Purgatoire pour 
une illusion procedee de cette me me 
boutique, de laquelle sont aussi proce- 
dez les vceux monastiques, pelerinages, 
defense du mariage, et de l'usuage des 
viandes, l'observation ceremonielle des 
jcurs, la Confession Anriculaire, les 
Indulgences, et toutes autres telles cho- 
ses, par lesquelles onpense meriter grace 
et salut. Lesquelles choses nous rejet- 
tons, non seulement pour la fausse opin- 
ion du me rite qui y est attache, mais 
assui parce que ce sont inventions huma- 
ines qui impcsent joug aux consciences. 

XXV. — Or, parce que nousnejou'is- 
sons de Jesus- Christ que par l'Evangile, 
nous croyons quel'ordre de l'Eglise, qui 
a ete etabli en son autorite, doit etre 
sacre et inviolable, et partant que 
l'Eglise ne peut subsister sinon qu'il y 
ait des Pasteurs qui ayent la charge 
d'enseigner, lesquels on doit honorer et 
ecouter en reverence quand ils sont due- 
ment appellez, et exercent fidellement 
leur office. Non pas que Dieu soit at- 
tache a telles aides ou moyens inferieurs: 
mais parce qu'il lui plait nous entretenir 
sous telle bride. En quois nous detes- 
tons tons fantastiques, qui voudroient 
bien, entant qu'en eux est, aneantir le 
ministere et predication de la parole de 
Dieu et des sacremens. 

XXVI. — Nous croyons done que nul 
ne se doit retirer a part, et se contenter 
de sa personne : mais que tons ensem- 
bles doivent garder et entretenir l'union 
de l'Eglise, sesoumettant a l'instruction 
commune, et au joug Jesus-Christ: et 



joined on us by his word , that all which 
men have imagined of the intercession 
of departed saints is only abuse and de- 
ce'tfulness of Satan, to lead men astray 
from the form of sound words in prayer. 
We reject, also, all other means which 
men presume to employ for their ransom 
with God, as undervaluing the sacrifice 
of the death and passion of Jesus Christ, 
Finally, we hold purgatory to be an il- 
lusion proceeding from the same source, 
whence have also proceeded monastic 
vows, pilgrimages, prohibitions of mar- 
riage and of the use of meats, the cere- 
monial observance of days, auricular 
confession, indulgences, and all such 
other things, through which they think 
to deserve grace and salvation. Which 
things we reject, not only on account of 
the false opinion of the merit which is 
attached to them, but also because they 
are human inventions, which impose a 
yoke on the conscience. 



XXV.— Now, because we enjoy Jesus 
Christ only through the Gospel, we be- 
lieve that the order of the Church, which 
has been established under his authority, 
ought to be sacred and inviolate, and 
forasmuch as the Church cannot subsist 
unless there are pastors who have the 
charge of teaching, whon. we ought to 
honour and hearken to with reverence, 
when they are duly called and faithfully 
exercise their Gffice. Not that God is 
held to the use of such aids or inferior 
means, but because it pleaseth him to 
keep us under such restraint : in which 
respect we detest all visionaries, who 
would, as far as in them lies, destroy 
the ministry, and the preaching of the 
Word of God, and of the sacraments. 

XXVI. — We believe, then, that no 
one ought to withdraw himself, and be 
satisfied with himself alone, but that all 
should together watch over and preserve 
the union of the Church, submitting to 
common instruction and to the yoke of 



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221 



ce en quelque lieu oil Dieu aura etabli 
un vrai orclre fie l'Eglise, encore que 
les Magistrates et leurs edits y soient 
contraires, que tous ceux qui ne s'y 
rangent, ou s'en separent, contrarient a 
l'ordonnance de Dieu. 



XXVII. — Toutefois nous croyons 
qu'il convient discerner soigneusement, 
et avec prudence, qu'elle est la vraye 
Eglise : parce que par trop on abuse de 
ce titre. Nous disons done, suivant la 
Parole de Dieu, que c'est la compagnie 
des fideles, qui s'accordent a suivre cet- 
te Parole, et la pure Religion qui en 
depend, et qui profitent en eile tout le 
terns de leur vie, croissant et se confir- 
m ant en la crainte de Dieu, selon qu'ils 
ont besoin de s'avancer et de marcher 
toujours plus outre. Me me quoi qu'ils 
s'efforcent, qu'il leur convient avoir in- 
cessament recourse a la remission de 
leurs pechez, neanmoins nous ne nions 
point que parmi les fideles il n'y ait des 
hypocrites et reprouvez, desquels la 
malice ne pent effacer le titre de l'Eg- 
lise. 

XXVIII. — Sous cette creance nous 
protestons que la oil la parole deDieu 
n'est point recue, et oil on ne fait nulle 
profession de s'assujettir a e'le, et oil ii 
n'y a nul usage des Sacremens: a par- 
ler proprement, on ne peut juger qu'il y 
ait aucune Eglise. Partant nous con- 
damnons les assemblies de la Papaute, 
vu que la pure verite de Dieu en est 
bannie, esquelles les Sacremens sont cor- 
rornpus, abatardis, falsifiez, ou anean- 
tis du tout: et esquelles toutes supersti- 
tions et idolatries ont la vogue- Nous 
tenons done que tout ceux qui se me- 
lent en tels actes, et y communiquent, 
se separent et retranchent du Corps de 
Jesus-Christ. Toutefois, parce qu'il 
reste encore quelque petite trace d'Eg- 
lise en la Papaute, et meme que la ver- 
tu et substance du Bateme yest deme- 
uree, joint que Pefficace du Bateme 

10* 



Jesus Christ, and this, wherever God 
shall have established a true order of 
the Church, although magistrates and 
their edicts are contrary thereto, and 
that all who do not place themselves 
under it, or who separate themselves 
from it, resist the ordinance of God. 

XXVII. — Nevertheless we believe 
that it is meet to distinguish carefully 
and prudently which is the true Church, 
because this title is too much abused. 
We say then, according to the word of 
God, that it is the company of the faith- 
ful, who agree to follow this word and 
the pure religion which depends upon it, 
and who profit by it all the days of their 
lives, growing and strengthening them- 
selves ill the fear of God, according as 
they have need of improvement, and of 
still proceeding onwards. Indeed, how- 
soever they may strive, they must con- 
stantly rely on the remission of their 
sins, nevertheless we do not deny that 
there are among the faithful some hy- 
pocrites and reprobates, whose malice 
cannot destroy the title of the Church. 



XXVIII.— Under this belief, we pro- 
test, that where the word of God is not 
received, and where subjection to it is 
not professed, and where no use is made 
of the sacraments, there, properly speak- 
ing, we cannot think there is any 
Church ; wherefore we condemn the 
assemblies of the papacy, seeing that 
the pure truth of God is banished from 
them, in which the sacraments are cor- 
rupted, debased, falsified, or altogether 
destroyed, and in which all superstitions 
and idolatry prevail. We hold, then, 
that all who take part in such acts, and 
communicate therein, separate and cut 
themselves off from the body of Jesus 
Christ. Nevertheless, as there still re- 
maineth some slight trace of the Church 
in papacy, and as even the virtue and 
the substance of baptism hath continued 
therein, besides which the efficacy of 



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CONFESSION OF FAITH. 



ne depend pas de celui qui l'adminis- 
t re; nous confessions ceux qui y sont 
baptisez n' avoir besoin d'un second 
Baterne. Cependant a cause des cor- 
ruptions qui y sont, on n'y pent pre- 
senter les enfans sans se polluer. 



XXIX. — Quant est de la vraye Egli- 
se, nous croyons qui'elle doit etre gou- 
vernee selon la Police que notre Seig- 
neur Jesus-Christ a etablie : C'est qu'il 
y ait des Pasteurs, des Surveillans et 
des Diaeres, afin que la pure doctrine 
ait son cours, que les vices soient corri- 
gez et reprimez, et que les pauvres et 
tous autres affiigez soient secourus en 
leurs necessitez : et que les assemblies 
se fassent an nom de Dieu, esquelles 
grands et petits soient edifiez. 

XXX. — Xous croyons tous vrais Pas- 
teurs, en quel que Hen qu'ils soient, 
avoir meme autorite et egale puissance 
sous un seul chef, seul souverain, et seul 
universel Eveque, Jesns-Christ : etpour 
cette cause, que nulle Eglise ne doit 
pretendre ancune domination ou Seig- 
neurie sur 1' autre. 

XXXI. — Xous croyons que nul ne se 
doit ingerer de son autorite prop re pour 
gouverner l'Eglise : mais que cela se 
doit faire par election, entant qu'il est 
possible et que Dieu le permet. La- 
quelle exception* nous y ajoutons no- 
tainment, parce qu'il a falu quelque- 
fois, et meme de notre terns, (auquel 
l'etat de l'Eglise etoit interrompu,) 
que Dieu ait suscite des gens d'une fa- 
con extraordinaire, pour dresser l'Eglise 
de nouveau, qui etoit en ru'ine et deso- 
lation. Mais quoiqu'il en soit, nous 
croyons qu'il se faut toujours conformer 
a cette regie, que tous Pasteurs, Sur- 
veillans et Diaeres ayent temoignage 
d'etre appellez a leur office. 

XXXII. — Nous croyons aussi qu'il 



baptism doth not depend upon him who 
administers it, we confess that those who 
are baptized therein have no need of a 
second baptism. However, by reason 
of the corruptions which exist therein, 
we cannot present our children there 
without polluting ourselves. 

XX [X.— With regard to the true 
Church, we believe that it ought to be j 
governed according to the polity which 
ouv Lord Jesus Christ hath established. 
That is to say, that there are Pastors, 
Overseers and Deacons, to the end that 
pure doctrine may have its course, that 
vice may be corrected and repressed, 
and that the poor, and all others in af- 
fliction, may be relieved, according to 
their necessities, and that assemblies 
may be held in the name of God, in 
which high and low may be edified. 

XXX. — We believe that all true Pas- 
tors, in whatever place they may be, 
have the same authority, and equal 
power, under one sole chief, sole sove- 
reign, and sole universal Bishop, Jesus 
Christ, and therefore, for this reason, no 
Church ought to claim any dominion 
or sovereignty over another. 

XXXI. — We believe that no one j 
ought, of his own authority, to take \ 
upon himself to govern the Church, but 
that this should be done by election, as | 
far as possible, and God permitting. 
Which exception we do especially 
make, because it hath been necessary, 
and even in our time, (when the order 
of the Church was interrupted,) that 
God should raise up persons, by extraor- 
dinary means, to build anew the Church, 
which lay in ruin and desolation. But 
be this as it may, Ave believe that we 
must always conform to this rule, that 
all Pastors, Overseers and Deacons must 
have testimony of being called to then- 
office. 

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est bon et utile, que ceux qui sont ems 
pour etre Superintendans, avisent entr'- 
eux quel moyeu ils devront tenir pour 
le re gime de tout le corps, et toutefois 
qu'ils ne declinent nullement de ce qui 
nous en a ete donne par notre Seigneur 
Jesus-Christ. Ce qui n'empeche point 
qu'il n'y ait qu'elques Ordonnances 
particulieres en chacunlieu, selon que 
la commodite le requerra. 



good and useful, that those who are 
elected to be superintendents should 
consult together what means they ought 
to adopt for the government of the 
whole body, and nevertheless that they 
must in no wise depart from that which 
hath been ordained for us by our Lord 
Jesus Christ; which doth not hinder 
that there may be some particular ordi- 
nances in every place, as convenience 
may require. 



XXXII F.—Cependant nous excluons 
toutes inventions humaines, et toutes 
Loiz qu'on voudroit introduire sous 
ombre du service de Dieu, par lesquel- 
les on voudroit Her les consciences : 
mais seulement recevons ce qui fait et 
est propre pour nourrir la concorde, et 
tenir chacun depuis le premier jusqu'- 
au dernier en obeissance. En quoi 
nous avons a suivre ce que notre Seig- 
neur Jesus a declare quant a Fexcom- 
munication: laquelle nous approuvons 
et confessons etre necessaire avec toutes 
ses appartenances. 



XXXIII.— We exclude, however, all 
human inventions, and all laws that 
men would introduce under pretext of 
serving God, whereby they desire to 
fetter the conscience ; but we receive 
only what produces and is proper to 
nourish concord, and preserve every one 
from first to last in obedience. Wherein 
we are to follow what our Lord Jesus 
has declared concerning excommunica- 
tion, which we approve and confess to 
be necessary, with all its appurtenances. 



XXXIV.— Nous croyons que les Sa- 
cremens sont ajoutez a la Parole pour 
plus ample confirmation, afin de nous 
etre gages et marreaux de la grace de 
Dieu, et par ce moyen aider et soulager 
notre foi, a cause de Finnrmite et ru- 
desse qui est en nous : et qu'ils sont tel- 
lement signes exterieurs, que Dieu ope- 
re par eux en la vertu de son Esprit, 
afin de nous y rein signifier en vain, tou- 
tefois nous tenons que toute leur sub- 
stance et verite est en Jesus-Christ : et 
si on les separe, ce n'est plus rien qu'- 
ombrage et fumee. 



XXXIV— We believe that the sa- 
craments are added to the word for 
more ample confirmation, to be unto 
us pledges and tokens of the grace of 
God, and thus to assist and cherish our 
faith, because of our infirmities and 
imperfections, and that they are in such 
wise outward signs, that God works 
through them by the virtue of his Spi- 
rit, so as therein to set forth to us nothing 
in vain ; nevertheless we hold that their 
substance and their truth are in Jesus 
Christ, and if we separate them, there 
remaineth nothing but shadow and va- 
pour. 



XXXV.— Nous en confessons seule- 
ment deux, communs a toute l'Eglise, 
desquels le premier, qui est le Bate me, 
nous est donne pour temoignage de no- 
tre adoption : parce que la nous sommes 
entez au Corps de Christ, afin d'etre 
lavez et nettoyez par son Sang, et 



XXXV^ — We confess but two sacra- 
ments common to the whole Church, of 
which the first, which is baptism, is 
given to us in testimony of our adop- 
tion, because thereby we are grafted 
into the body of Christ, to the end that 
we might be washed and cleansed by 



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puis renouvehez en saintete de vie par 
son Saint Esprit. Nous tenons aussi, 
bien que nous ne soyions baptisez qu'- 
une fois, que le profit qui nous est la 
signifie s'etend a la vie et a la mort, 
afin que nous ayions une signature per- 
nianente, que Jesus- Christ nous sera 
toujours justice et sanctification. Or 
bien que ce soit un Sacrement de Foi et 
de Penitence, neanmoins parce que 
Dieu recoit en son Eglise les petits enfans 
avec leurs Peres, nous disons que par 
l'autorite de Jesus Christ les petits en- 
fans engendrez des fidelles doivent etre 
baptisez. 

XXXVI. — Nous confessons que la 
sainte Cene (qui est le second Sacre- 
ment) nous est un temoignage de Pun- 
ion que nous avons avec Jesus Christ : 
d'autant qu'il n'est pas seulement une 
fois mort et ressuscite pour nous, mais 
aussi nous repait et nourrit vraiment de 
sa chair et de son Sang a ce que nous 
soyions un avec lui : et que sa vie nous 
soit commune. Or bien qu'il soit au 
Ciel jusques a ce qu'il vienne pour ju- 
ger tout le monde, toutefois nous croy- 
oiis que par la vertu secrete et incom- 
prehensible de son Esprit, il nous nour- 
rit et vivifie de la substance de son 
Corps et de son Sang. Nous tenons bi- 
en que cela se fait spirituellement, non 
pas pour mettre au hen de l'effet et de 
la verite, imagination ni pensee : mais 
d'autant que ce mystere surmonte en sa 
hautesse la mesure de notre sens, et 
tout ordre de nature. Bref, parce qu'il 
est celeste, il ne pent etre apprehende 
que par Foi. 

XXXVII. — Nous croyons (ainsi qu'- 
il a ete dit) que tant en la Cene qu'au 
Bateme, Dieu nous donne reellement 
et par efFet ce qu'il y figure. Et par- 
tent nous joignons avec les signes la 
vraye possession et jou'issance de ce qui 
nous est la presente. Et ainsi, tous ce- 
ux qui apportent a la table sacre de 
Christ une pure foi comme un vai-seau, 



his blood, and then be renewed in holi- 
ness of life by his Holy Spirit. We 
hold likewise, although we are baptized 
but once, that the benefit thereby signi- i 
fied to us extends to life and death, to 
the end that we may have an enduring , 
testimony that Jesus Christ will always j 
be to us righteousness and sanctification. 
Besides, although it is a sacrament of | 
faith and of repentance, nevertheless, j 
forasmuch as God doth receive into his 
Church little childron with their fathers, j 
we say, that by the authority of Jesus 
Christ, little children, begotten of the 
faithful, ought to be baptized. 

- 

XXX VI— We confess that the holy 
supper (which is the second sacrament) ' 
is to us a testimonial of our union with J 
Jesus Christ : forasmuch as he not only I 
once died and rose again for us, but also | 
feeds and nourishes us truly with his I 
flesh and his blood, in order that we 
may be one with him, and his life be 
commoti to us. Now, although he is 
in heaven until he shall come to judge j 
the whole world, nevertheless we be- 1 
lieve that by the secret and incompre- 
hensible virtue of his Spirit, he nou- 
riahes and quickens us with the sub- 
stance of his body and of his blood. 
We do, however, hold that this is done 
spiritually, nor do we admit either ima- 
gination or opinion, as effect and truth, 
but forasmnch as this mystery surpasses 
in its height the measure of our under- j 
standing and the whole order of nature, ' 
in short, because it is heavenly, it cannot 
be apprehended but through faith. 



XXXVn.— We believe (as it hath 
been said) that as well in the supper as 
in the baptism, God gives us really and 
effectually what he therein figures to us, 
and therefore we connect with the sym- 
bols the true possession and enjoyment 
of what is there presented to us. And 
thus all who bring to the holy table of 
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recoivent vraiment ee que les signes y 
testifient: c'est que le Corps et le Sang 
de Jesus-Christ ne servent pas moins de 
manger et de boire a Tame, que le Pain 
et le Vin font au Corps. 

XXXVIII. — Ainsi nous tenons que 
Peau etant un element caduque, ne 
laisse pas de nous testifier en verite le 
lavement interieur de notre ame au 
Sang de Jesus-Christ, par Pefficace de 
son Esprit, et que le Pain et le Vin no- 
us etant donnez en la Cene nous servent 
vraiment de nourriture spirituelle, d'au- 
tant qu'ils nous montrent comme a l'ce- 
il, la chair de Jesus- Christ nous etre no- 
tre viande, et son Sang notre breuvage. 
Et rejettons les Fantastiques et Sacre- 
mentaires, qui ne veulent recevoir tels 
signes et marques; vu que notre Seign- 
eur Jesus prononce, ceci est mon Corps, 
et cette Coupe est mon Sang. 

XXXIX. — Nous croyons que Dieu 
veut que le monde soit gouverne par 
Loix et Police, ann qu'il y ait quelque 
bride pour reprimer les appetits desord- 
onnez du monde. Et ainsi, qu'il a eta- 
bli les Royaumes, Republiques, et tou- 
tes autres sortes de Principautez, soit 
hereditaires ou autrement, et tout ce 
qui appartient a l'etat de justice, et en 
veut etre reconnu Auteur: a cette 
cause il a mis le glaive en la main des 
Magistrats pour reprimer les pechez 
commis non seulement contre la seconde 
Table des Commandemens de Dieu, ma- 
is aussi contre la premiere. II faut 
done a cause de lui, que non seulement 
on endure que les Superieurs dominent, 
mais aussi qu'on les honore et prise en 
toute reverence, les tenans pour ses 
Lieutenans et Officiers, lesquels il a 
commis pour exercer une charge legiti- 
me et sainte. 

XL. — Nous tenons done qu'il faut 
obe'ir a leurs Loix et Statuts, payer Tri- 
bute, Impots, et autres devoirs, et porter 
le joug de subjection d'une bonne et 



truly what the symbols bear witness to, 
that is, that the body and the blood of 
Jesus Christ serve not less as meat and 
drink for the soul, than the bread and 
wine for the body. 

XXXVIII. -Thus we hold that wa- 
ter, being a perishable element, never- 
theless sufficethto witness to us in truth, 
the inward washing of our souls by the 
blood of Jesus Christ, through the effi- 
cacy of his Spirit, and that bread and 
wine, being given to us in the supper, 
truly are to us spiritual nourishment, 
forasmuch as they present to us, as to 
the eye, the flesh of Jesus Christ as our 
meat, and his blood as our drink. And 
we reject those visionaries and sacra- 
mentarians, who will not receive such 
symbols and tokens, seeing that our 
Lord Jesus saith, this is my body, and 
this cup is my blood. 

XXXIX. — We believe that God wills 
that the world should be governed by 
laws and polity, to the -end that there 
may be some curb to restrain the disor- 
derly appetites of mankind, and there- 
fore that he hath established kingdoms, 
republics, and all other kinds of govern- 
ment, whether hereditary or otherwise, 
and all that appertaineth to justice, and 
requireth that he should be acknow- 
ledged their author : wherefore he hath 
committed the sword to the hand of the 
magistrate., to restrain transgressions, 
not only against the second table of the 
commandments of God, but also against 
the first. We must then, for his sake, 
not only submit to the authority of ru- 
lers, but also honour them and hold them 
in all reverence, accounting them as his 
vicegerents and officers, whom he hath 
appointed to fulfil a legitimate and holy 
charge. 

XL — We hold, then, that we must 
obey their laws and statutes, pay tri- 
bute, imposts and other duties, and bear 
the yoke of subjection freely and cheer- 



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franche volonte, encore qu'ilsfussent in- fully, although they should be unbe- 

fideles, moyennant que l'Empire sou- lievers, provided the sovereign empire 

verain de Dieu demeure en son entier. of God remain entire: wherefore we 

Ainsi nons detestons ceux qui voudroi- detest those who would reject all autho- 

ent rejetter les Superioritez, mettre com- rity, establish a community and a con- 

munaute et confusion de biens, et ren- fusion of goods, and overturn the order 

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